Auditors' Characteristics and Timeliness of Listed Family-Owned Firms in Nigeria

Rachael Modupe Gbadamosi and Ezekiel Alade ()
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Ezekiel Alade: Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Nigeria

Journal of Accounting and Management Information Systems, 2024, vol. 23, issue 1, 215-236

Abstract: Research question- What are the effects of auditors’ characteristics on timeliness of financial reporting among listed family-owned firms in Nigeria? Motivation- Timely issuance of audited annual financial report is highly desirable to various stakeholders against top management insider trading on the accounting information of which family-owned listed firms is highly prone to involve. Idea- This study examined the effect of auditor’s characteristics on timeliness of listed family-owned firms in Nigeria. Specifically, the study investigated the extent at which auditor’s type; audit opinion; audit fee; auditor’s tenure; and joint audit affect timeliness of financial statements of listed family-owned businesses in Nigeria. Data- The data used and evaluated covered a period from 2012 to 2021, and were drawn from 47 listed family-owned firms in Nigeria. The secondary data were obtained from MachameRatio database. Tools- Both descriptive statistics and partial least square regression analyses were performed. Findings- The robust test performed revealed that Big-4 audit firms, audit opinion and audit tenure have positive effect, while audit fee and joint audit impound negative effect, on timeliness of financial statements of listed family-owned firms in Nigeria. However, the result is statistically significant for audit opinion, audit tenure and audit fee. Contribution- The implication of the findings is that audit opinion and audit tenure enhance timely issuance of the financial reports of listed family-owned firms in Nigeria. This study’s contributions to the body of knowledge include exploring the position of auditor’s features on timeliness of financial statements of listed family-owned firms in Nigeria which extant studies have scarcely investigated. The study recommended that listed family-owned firms in Nigeria should engage auditors for longer audit tenure among others.

Keywords: Audit; audit fee; auditor; big-4; family-owned; timeliness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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