Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Sajjad Mohammadyari ¹
• azita Jahanshad ²
• zahra poorzamani ²

¹ financial manager

² member of the academic staff of Central Tehran Unit

Abstract

The present research aims to present the pathology of internal audit in public sector in Iran and the ranking of damages. Both field and library methods were used in two qualitative and quantitative stages. Qualitative phase using the foundation data approach, identified damages in the core categories, causal conditions, background conditions, strategies, intervention conditions and consequences of the research model, determining and in the quantitative phase, using non-parametric tests of the impact of damages Checked on performance and using the Friedman test, the identified factors were ranked. The statistical population is working internal auditors or experts who were related to this activity. According to the undetermined size of the statistical population, the sample size of 384 people was determined by Cochran's formula and 350 questionnaires were distributed. The research questionnaire was designed with a 5-point Likert scale. The results of the foundation's data approach classified the research model into 6 categories. The results showed that the variables 1. selective and tasteful behavior of managers, 2. not having a favorable organizational position, 3. weak law and lack of transparency at the community level have more priority as harm. Also, it was found that 1. the cost of political fronts in the country and 2. economic fluctuations were less important from the point of view of the respondents.

Keywords

• "Grounded Theory"
• "Internal Audit
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• " Pathology"
• "Ranking"

Main Subjects

• Governmental Accounting