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- Title
Field Dependence Cognitive Style as a Moderating Factor in Subjects' Perceptions of Auditor Independence.
- Authors
Gul, Ferdinand A.
- Abstract
This paper reports the findings of a laboratory experiment designed to assess the moderating role of field dependence cognitive style in the effects of management consultancy services and qualified audit reports on subjects' perceptions of auditor independence. Using an ANOVA repeated-measures experimental design, 22 accountants were administered a questionnaire which contained four scenarios, each representing one of four possible combinations of levels of the two exogenous variables. To measure levels of confidence in the auditors' independence in each of the scenarios, subjects were requested to respond to a seven-point scale. In addition, subjects were classified as field dependent or field independent on the basis of the Group Embedded Figures Test. Results showed that field dependence cognitive style interacted to moderate the effects of management consultancy services and qualified audit reports on subjects' perceptions of auditor independence. The findings suggest that cognitive style is an important moderating variable that affects subjects' perceptions of auditor independence.
- Subjects
FIELD dependence (Psychology); CONSULTING firms; AUDITORS' reports; ACCOUNTANTS; ANALYSIS of variance
- Publication
Accounting & Finance, 1987, Vol 27, Issue 1, p37
- ISSN
0810-5391
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-629x.1987.tb00234.x