Financial Audit

Known as: Audit, Financial, Audits, Financial, Financial Audits

An examination, review and verification of all financial accounts.

National Institutes of Health

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2015

Financial Audit the era of Big Data: new possibilities for evaluating and responding to risks in financial statements of the Federal Government

G. P. Corrêa
2015
Corpus ID: 55890305

This study analyzes the possible implications of the Big Data era when performing audits of Federal Government financial…

2015

The results of the non-financial audit at 16 elite Hungarian sport federations

Gábor GécziCsaba BarthaZsuzsa GősiNikoletta Sipos-OnyestyákE. GulyásLili Kassay
2015
Corpus ID: 59130647

The purpose of our investigation was to analyze the current operational status of 16 elite sports federations (biking, boxing…

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2015

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2015

To what extent do managers use transformational leadership practices in Yemeni governmental and financial audit organizations

Aish Ahmed Hussein Sawie
2015
Corpus ID: 168550644

................................................................................................................................... ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................................................... iv DEDICATION ................................................................................................................................ v TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................... vi CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................. 1 Transformational Leadership ................................................................................................... 2 Statement of the Research Problem ......................................................................................... 7 General Research Questions ........................................................................................... 11 Theoretical Background ................................................................................................. 12 Definitions of Terms ....................................................................................................... 13 Delimitations and Limitations ........................................................................................ 14 Researcher's Perspective ........................................................................................................ 15 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW ..................................................................................... 17 Management and Leadership ................................................................................................. 17 Leadership Definitions Evolution .......................................................................................... 19 Leadership Approaches ......................................................................................................... 23 Trait Leadership Approach ............................................................................................. 23 Skills Leadership Approach ........................................................................................... 24 Style Leadership ............................................................................................................. 25 Situational Leadership .................................................................................................... 30 Contingency Leadership ................................................................................................. 31 Path-Goal Leadership ..................................................................................................... 33 Leader-Member Exchange Theory ................................................................................. 34 Transformational Leadership Theory ............................................................................. 37 Kouzes and Posner LPI Transformational Leadership Model ............................................... 38 LPI and Transformational Leadership Studies ...................................................................... 40 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................. 54 CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................... 56 Research Design and Rationale ............................................................................................. 56 Research Questions ................................................................................................................ 57 Description of Variables ................................................................................................. 58 Specific Analytic Research Questions ............................................................................ 58 vii Participants and Site .............................................................................................................. 61 Instrument .............................................................................................................................. 64 Instrument Reliability ..................................................................................................... 65 Cronbach’s Alpha to Assess Internal Consistency Reliability ....................................... 66 Instrument Validity ......................................................................................................... 67 Exploratory Factor Analysis to Assess Evidence for Validity ....................................... 68 Data Collection ...................................................................................................................... 69 Data Analysis ......................................................................................................................... 71 CHAPTER 4: RESULTS ............................................................................................................. 72 Return Rate ............................................................................................................................ 73 Demographics Analysis and Results ..................................................................................... 74 Research Questions Data Analysis and Results ..................................................................... 82 General Research Question “A” ..................................................................................... 82 General Research Question “B” ..................................................................................... 84 General Research Question “C” ..................................................................................... 90 General Research Question “D” ..................................................................................... 99 General Research Question “E” ................................................................................... 105 Summary .............................................................................................................................. 112 CHAPTER 5: DISCUSSION ..................................................................................................... 113 Environment Surrounding the Study ................................................................................... 113 Discussion of Findings ........................................................................................................ 114 Demographics ............................................................................................................... 114 Transformational Leadership Practices ........................................................................ 115 Implications for Professional Practice ................................................................................. 117 Implications for Future Research ......................................................................................... 118 REFERENCES ........................................................................................................................... 120 APPENDIX A: COVER LETTER ............................................................................................ 133 APPENDIX B: SELF-PRECEPTION INSTRUMENT ............................................................ 135 APPENDIX C: OBSERVER-PRECEPTION INSTRUMENT ................................................. 139 APPENDIX D: COVER LETTER TRANSLATION ............................................................... 143 APPENDIX E: SELF-PERCEPTIONS INSTRUMENT TRANSLATION ............................. 145 APPENDIX F: OBSERVER-PERCEPTIONS INSTRUMENT TRANSLATION .................. 149