Attitude towards academic survey among audit firms in Malaysia: some challenges

The objective of this research is to identify the possible responses among small and medium audit firms in Malaysia toward surveys. A total of 119 audit firms were involved in this survey. The list of firms was acquired from Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA), and the final sample consisted...

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Main Authors: Puat Nelson, Sherliza, Ahmad, Maslina, Zainal Abidin, Nor Hafizah
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
English
Published: 2018
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/66518/1/ICABEC2018__024_014.pdf
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spelling iium-665182018-10-11T03:04:07Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/66518/ Attitude towards academic survey among audit firms in Malaysia: some challenges Puat Nelson, Sherliza Ahmad, Maslina Zainal Abidin, Nor Hafizah HF5601 Accounting. Bookkeeping The objective of this research is to identify the possible responses among small and medium audit firms in Malaysia toward surveys. A total of 119 audit firms were involved in this survey. The list of firms was acquired from Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA), and the final sample consisted of firms particularly from Kuala Lumpur and Selangor. Questionnaire surveys were initially mailed to these firms, and several follow-ups were made for completed survey hence response rate was 16.4 percent. Follow-ups involved phone calls and visits to the firms. It is found that Malaysian audit firms are not very friendly and supportive to academic research. 2018-09 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/66518/1/ICABEC2018__024_014.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/66518/13/66518_Attitude%20Towards%20Academic%20Survey%20-%20tentative.pdf Puat Nelson, Sherliza and Ahmad, Maslina and Zainal Abidin, Nor Hafizah (2018) Attitude towards academic survey among audit firms in Malaysia: some challenges. In: The 5th International Conference on Accounting, Business and Economics (ICABEC2018), 18th-20th Sept. 2018, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu. (Unpublished) https://submit.confbay.com/conf/icabec2018
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topic HF5601 Accounting. Bookkeeping
spellingShingle HF5601 Accounting. Bookkeeping
Puat Nelson, Sherliza
Ahmad, Maslina
Zainal Abidin, Nor Hafizah
Attitude towards academic survey among audit firms in Malaysia: some challenges
description The objective of this research is to identify the possible responses among small and medium audit firms in Malaysia toward surveys. A total of 119 audit firms were involved in this survey. The list of firms was acquired from Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA), and the final sample consisted of firms particularly from Kuala Lumpur and Selangor. Questionnaire surveys were initially mailed to these firms, and several follow-ups were made for completed survey hence response rate was 16.4 percent. Follow-ups involved phone calls and visits to the firms. It is found that Malaysian audit firms are not very friendly and supportive to academic research.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Puat Nelson, Sherliza
Ahmad, Maslina
Zainal Abidin, Nor Hafizah
author_facet Puat Nelson, Sherliza
Ahmad, Maslina
Zainal Abidin, Nor Hafizah
author_sort Puat Nelson, Sherliza
title Attitude towards academic survey among audit firms in Malaysia: some challenges
title_short Attitude towards academic survey among audit firms in Malaysia: some challenges
title_full Attitude towards academic survey among audit firms in Malaysia: some challenges
title_fullStr Attitude towards academic survey among audit firms in Malaysia: some challenges
title_full_unstemmed Attitude towards academic survey among audit firms in Malaysia: some challenges
title_sort attitude towards academic survey among audit firms in malaysia: some challenges
publishDate 2018
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/66518/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/66518/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/66518/1/ICABEC2018__024_014.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/66518/13/66518_Attitude%20Towards%20Academic%20Survey%20-%20tentative.pdf
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