Corporate Governance Mechanism, Firm Size and Its Effect on Acceptance of Qualified Audit Opinion
Dhini Suryandari (a); Ega Andhika (b)
a. Faculty of Economic Universitas Negeri Semarang
b. Faculty of Economic Universitas Negeri Semarang
Abstract
This study aims to examine the effect of corporate governance mechanisms that are proxied by the size of the independent commissioners, the audit committees educational background, the proportion of institutional ownership, audit quality, and company size factors towards acceptance of qualified audit opinion. The population in this study is the infrastructure, utilities and transportation sectors listed in the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2013-2017. Based on the purposive sampling method, it obtained 120 analytical units from the sample data. The analysis used in this study is logistic regression analysis. The results of this study found that if the size of the company which calculated based on total assets had a negative influence on the acceptance of qualified audit opinion. On the other hand, the element of Good Corporate Governance in the form of independent commissioners, audit committee, institutional ownership, and audit quality has no effect on the acceptance of qualified audit opinion. The conclusion of this study is the presence of the companys internal support body are not able to influence the companys accounting for the better.
Keywords: Qualified opinion; Good corporate governance; Firm size
Topic: Accounting