IMPROVING SELF ESTEEM IS KEY TO IMPROVING AUDIT QUALITY AND RECRUITMENT, SAY EXPERTS
January 2nd, 2022
The importance of ensuring auditors and accountants have good self-esteem is perhaps higher today than before, with Covid-19 loading on stress in a tough profession. It has been highlighted by new research from Nyenrode Business University, the Netherlands.
Nyenrode research conducted by Professor Herman van Brenk and co-authors assessed more than 100 audit partners and managers. They found that auditors working for large practices with high self-esteem plan more effective follow ups of their audits. It is the same for auditors with enough self-awareness to ...
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