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Browsing Auditing by Type "Postprint Article"
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Wessels, Hendrik Marius; Wilkinson, Naomi
(Virtus Interpress, 2016)
For any business to operate effectively, a governance framework that operates at the relevant
maturity level is required. An organisational governance maturity framework is a tool that
leadership can use to determine ...
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De Villiers, Charl Johannes; Hay, David; Zhang, Zhizi (Janice)
(Emerald, 2014)
PURPOSE – This study aims to contribute to the understanding of audit pricing and the
competitiveness of the audit fee market by examining audit fee stickiness.
DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH – The authors explore the price ...
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Barac, Karin; Plant, Kato; Kunz, Rolien; Kirstein, Marina
(Wiley, 2021-11)
Auditors' skills and ways of working must adapt to constantly changing conditions in the workplace, and the COVID-19 pandemic has brought further complexity. This paper uses a complexity theory lens to investigate changes ...
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Kuhn, Stephan; Nieman, Annamart
(Routledge, 2017-06)
An analysis of the security vetting files of 19 employees within a South African national department who had been found guilty of financial misconduct in the last five years uncovered that the existing security vetting ...
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Fouche, Karel; Polo-Garrido, Fernando
(Elsevier, 2024-12)
Cooperatives conform to a model that is different to what is normally understood to be an enterprise, with distinctive interpretations of property rights, governance, and values. A unique characteristic of cooperatives’ ...
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Plant, Kato; Barac, Karin; De Jager, Herman
(Emerald, 2017)
PURPOSE : The purpose of this paper is to identify the determinants of internal audit workplace learning success for developing early career internal audit professionals in South Africa. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH : A ...
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Kirstein, Marina; Coetzee, Stephen; Schmulian, Astrid
(Emerald, 2019-02)
PURPOSE : The purpose of this paper is to explore differences in South African accounting students’ perceptions of professional skills developed in an undergraduate accounting program. South Africa has a history of ...
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Steyn, Blanche; Kwenda, Farai; Stainban, Lesley
(NISC Pty (Ltd) and Informa Limited (trading as Taylor & Francis Group), 2020)
If board-level controls matter, the introduction of the 2008 Companies Act with its enhanced legislative requirements, should have a positive impact on firm performance. To assess board-level controls this study developed ...
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Coetzee, G.P. (Philna)
(Sage, 2006-07)
OBJECTIVE: The management of organizations is responsible for risk management and control systems. HIV/AIDS could be a great threat in the achievement of strategic business objectives, implicating a great concern for ...
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Kunz, Rolien; De Jager, Herman
(NISC Pty (Ltd) and Informa Limited (trading as Taylor & Francis Group), 2019)
The objective of this paper is to determine the relative size of the expectation-performance gap of technical auditing and assurance knowledge of newly employed first-year trainee accountants. In a study dealing with the ...
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Coetzee, Philna; Du Plessis, Annelize
(Sage, 2021-04)
Practising internal auditors, including entry-level internal auditors, need face-to-face soft skills to effectively manage the increased complexity of their profession. Although many studies have highlighted the need for ...
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Botha, Lise Muriel; Wilkinson, Naomi
(Emerald, 2019-09)
PURPOSE : The purpose of this study is to propose a framework for the evaluation of the perceived value internal audit functions add to their organisations. The framework is based on service quality measurement principles, ...
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Barac, Karin; Plant, Kato; Kunz, Rolien; Kirstein, Marina
(Emerald, 2021-08)
PURPOSE : This study investigates perceptions regarding generic skills future entry-level accountants and auditors will require. Such soft or pervasive skills are necessary to operate effectively in the future world of ...
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Barac, Karin
(Routledge, 2015-04)
Drawing on social closure theory, this study achieved a deep understanding of the perceptions and
experiences of the first cohort of candidates passing through the Thuthuka support programme.
Using semi-structured ...
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Plant, Kato; Slippers, Jana
(Routledge, 2015-05)
This article reports on the introduction of a business communication course in
the curriculum of postgraduate internal audit students at a higher education
institution in South Africa. Internal auditors should have ...
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Coetzee, G.P. (Philna); Lubbe, Dave (David Schalk), 1951-
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2014-07)
The role of internal auditing in assisting with the mitigation of key risks threatening organisations has increased,
not least, for example, in ensuring that engagements are performed more effectively and efficiently, and ...
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Beukes, Bernice; Kirstein, Marina; Kunz, Rolien; Nagel, Lynette
(Routledge, 2018)
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the information and communication technology (ICT) adoption profiles of accounting students at a South African university influenced their perceptions of the usefulness of ...
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Janse van Rensburg, J.O. (Jacobus Oosthuizen); Coetzee, G.P. (Philna)
(Wiley, 2016-05)
Internal auditing is an essential part of governance and can be a valuable asset to public sector institutions. However,
for public sector internal auditing to effectively support management, the internal audit function ...
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Motubatse, Nebbel; Barac, Karin; Odendaal, Elza
(Taylor and Francis and NISC (Pty) Ltd, 2015)
This article reports on the challenges faced by the internal audit function in the South African public sector, as perceived
by role players other than the internal audit function itself. This study implemented a qualitative ...
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Kunz, Rolien; De Jager, Herman
(Sage, 2019-10)
The objective of this article is to determine whether the professional skills demonstrated by newly employed first-year trainee accountants (i.e. their performance) meet the expectations of audit managers and, if they do ...