Pengaruh Karakteristik Komite Audit, Stres Kerja, Pergantian Auditor dan Biaya Eksternal Audit Terhadap Kualitas Audit pada Perusahaan Manufaktur yang Terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the effect of audit committee characteristics, job stress, auditor switching and the audit fee to audit quality in manufacturing company listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange between 2011 to 2013. Indicators of the audit committee characteristics, namely gender and age of the audit committee, while the indicator work stress is the time to audit. The study population by 138 manufacturing companies. The sampling method used is purposive sampling, in order to obtain a sample of 17 companies for 3 years of observation (2011-2013) with 51 units of analysis. Data were obtained from audited financial statements, the independent auditor's report and the annual report of the company samples downloaded from the website of the Stock Exchange that www.idx.co.id. Data analysis technique used is descriptive statistical analysis and inferential statistical analysis with logistic regression method. The results of this study indicate that gender of the audit committee, age of the audit committee and external audit fees have a positive effect, while a auditor switching and time to audit have a negative effect on audit quality. Three of these variables, namely age of the audit committee, auditor switching and the audit fees have a significant effect and the other two variables, namely gender audit committee and the time to audit did not have a significant effect on audit quality.