The Relationship Between Work Pressures and Audit Performance in Tunisia
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Published: 17 March 2021

The Relationship Between Work Pressures and Audit Performance in Tunisia

Nesrine Akrimi

Northern Borders University, Saudi Arabia

asian institute research, jeb, journal of economics and business, economics journal, accunting journal, business journal, management journal

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10.31014/aior.1992.04.01.334

Pages: 240-244

Keywords: Work Pressures, Audit Performance, Auditors

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of auditor`s job pressures on audit performance. Using a sample of Tunisian listed companies and their signature auditors from 2013 to 2018, we demonstrate that job pressures does not impair audit performance in Tunisia.

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