Internal Audit Capability Levels In Malaysian Public Sector Organizations: The Perceived Role Of Management Support And Cooperation With External Auditors

This paper is a preliminary study as part of doctoral research. The primary objective of this paper is to measure the capability level of internal audit units of different organizations i.e. state department, state statutory bodies and federal statutory bodies. This paper also attempts to f...

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Main Authors: Nur Ain Zakiah, Mohd Yusof, Hasnah, Haron, Ishak, Ismail, Chambers, Andrew
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spelling ump-226012019-10-15T07:38:37Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/22601/ Internal Audit Capability Levels In Malaysian Public Sector Organizations: The Perceived Role Of Management Support And Cooperation With External Auditors Nur Ain Zakiah, Mohd Yusof Hasnah, Haron Ishak, Ismail Chambers, Andrew HD Industries. Land use. Labor This paper is a preliminary study as part of doctoral research. The primary objective of this paper is to measure the capability level of internal audit units of different organizations i.e. state department, state statutory bodies and federal statutory bodies. This paper also attempts to figuratively explain the perceived role of management support and cooperation with external auditors in becoming a capable internal audit function. A questionnaire, distributed to the head of internal audit in each organization, is used as a primary data collection method. From the analysis of internal audit capability matrix, it was found that internal audit unit in state department and federal statutory body both obtained capability level 2 (infrastructure) while internal audit unit in state statutory body only achieved capability level 1 (initial). At 82%, internal audit unit in state department scored highest for the Key Process Areas followed by internal audit unit in federal statutory body (76%) and state statutory body (71%). Management support and cooperation w ith external auditors were shown to be important factors to enhance capability levels. Factors that may influence capability level results and further recommendations on enhancing capability levels are discussed. Penerbit Universiti Malaysia Pahang 2018 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/22601/1/Internal%20Audit%20Capability%20Levels%20In%20Malaysian.pdf Nur Ain Zakiah, Mohd Yusof and Hasnah, Haron and Ishak, Ismail and Chambers, Andrew (2018) Internal Audit Capability Levels In Malaysian Public Sector Organizations: The Perceived Role Of Management Support And Cooperation With External Auditors. Journal of Governance & Integrity, 1 (2). pp. 25-60. ISSN 2600-7479 http://jgi.ump.edu.my/index.php/en/current-issue/59-internal-audit-capability-levels-in-malaysian-public-sector-organizations-the-perceived-role-of-management-support-and-cooperation-with-external-auditors/file
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topic HD Industries. Land use. Labor
spellingShingle HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Nur Ain Zakiah, Mohd Yusof
Hasnah, Haron
Ishak, Ismail
Chambers, Andrew
Internal Audit Capability Levels In Malaysian Public Sector Organizations: The Perceived Role Of Management Support And Cooperation With External Auditors
description This paper is a preliminary study as part of doctoral research. The primary objective of this paper is to measure the capability level of internal audit units of different organizations i.e. state department, state statutory bodies and federal statutory bodies. This paper also attempts to figuratively explain the perceived role of management support and cooperation with external auditors in becoming a capable internal audit function. A questionnaire, distributed to the head of internal audit in each organization, is used as a primary data collection method. From the analysis of internal audit capability matrix, it was found that internal audit unit in state department and federal statutory body both obtained capability level 2 (infrastructure) while internal audit unit in state statutory body only achieved capability level 1 (initial). At 82%, internal audit unit in state department scored highest for the Key Process Areas followed by internal audit unit in federal statutory body (76%) and state statutory body (71%). Management support and cooperation w ith external auditors were shown to be important factors to enhance capability levels. Factors that may influence capability level results and further recommendations on enhancing capability levels are discussed.
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author Nur Ain Zakiah, Mohd Yusof
Hasnah, Haron
Ishak, Ismail
Chambers, Andrew
author_facet Nur Ain Zakiah, Mohd Yusof
Hasnah, Haron
Ishak, Ismail
Chambers, Andrew
author_sort Nur Ain Zakiah, Mohd Yusof
title Internal Audit Capability Levels In Malaysian Public Sector Organizations: The Perceived Role Of Management Support And Cooperation With External Auditors
title_short Internal Audit Capability Levels In Malaysian Public Sector Organizations: The Perceived Role Of Management Support And Cooperation With External Auditors
title_full Internal Audit Capability Levels In Malaysian Public Sector Organizations: The Perceived Role Of Management Support And Cooperation With External Auditors
title_fullStr Internal Audit Capability Levels In Malaysian Public Sector Organizations: The Perceived Role Of Management Support And Cooperation With External Auditors
title_full_unstemmed Internal Audit Capability Levels In Malaysian Public Sector Organizations: The Perceived Role Of Management Support And Cooperation With External Auditors
title_sort internal audit capability levels in malaysian public sector organizations: the perceived role of management support and cooperation with external auditors
publisher Penerbit Universiti Malaysia Pahang
publishDate 2018
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/22601/
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http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/22601/1/Internal%20Audit%20Capability%20Levels%20In%20Malaysian.pdf
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