The Impact of the External Auditor's Perceptual Pattern on his Detection of Fraud - An Empirical Study

Document Type : Original Article

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Accounting department Faculty of Commerce Damanhur University Damanhur Egypt

Abstract

 The Research aims at study and test the direct Impact of External Auditor`s Moral Reasoning and Locus of Control on its Ability to detect Fraud . as well as study The Combined Effect of These two Variables on Auditor`s Ability to detect Fraud . These Relationships have been tested by conducting an Empirical Study on a Sample of 44 Auditors at The Egyptian Audit firms. The Study found that The External Auditor`s Level of Moral Reasoning positively affects its Ability to detect Fraud. Also, a pattern of Internal Locus of Control positively affects The Ability of External Auditor to detect Fraud . While  a pattern of external  Locus of Control adversely  affects The Ability of External Auditor to detect Fraud . the Study also concluded to The Existence of a joint Effect of External Auditor`s Moral Reasoning and Locus of Control on its Ability to detect Fraud.

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