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Table 3 Differentiated analysis on respondents’ attributes

From: A comprehensive survey of government auditors’ self-efficacy and professional development for improving audit quality

 

Age

Auditing experience

Job title

<30

31–40

41–50

51–60

>60

p value

<5 years

5–10

10–15

>15

p-value

A

I

SA

SI

AAG

p-value

Professional development

Organizational culture

3.58

3.39

3.50

3.76

3.89

0.003

3.44

3.34

3.56

3.63

0.010

3.37

3.66

3.50

3.65

4.27

0.000

Learning motivation

3.53

3.67

3.73

3.82

3.94

0.056

3.64

3.69

3.68

3.80

0.104

3.64

3.69

3.69

3.82

4.40

0.000

Training opportunity

3.36

3.27

3.33

3.48

3.77

0.100

3.28

3.22

3.43

3.41

0.180

3.27

3.38

3.29

3.51

4.15

0.001

Self-efficacy

Profession and experience

3.30

3.67

3.92

4.05

4.27

0.000

3.51

3.78

3.85

4.06

0.000

3.57

3.75

3.91

4.00

4.54

0.000

Confidence and effort

3.33

3.45

3.57

3.78

4.04

0.000

3.38

3.50

3.54

3.72

0.000

3.40

3.56

3.56

3.74

4.42

0.000

Trend and Performance

3.32

3.35

3.64

3.78

4.00

0.000

3.32

3.53

3.51

3.73

0.000

3.37

3.56

3.56

3.71

4.37

0.000

Audit quality

Leadership management

3.57

3.38

3.49

3.64

3.77

0.058

3.43

3.35

3.48

3.58

0.115

3.34

3.74

3.45

3.69

4.18

0.000

Profession quality

3.31

3.53

3.75

4.00

4.16

0.000

3.39

3.67

3.72

3.91

0.000

3.45

3.64

3.78

3.86

4.43

0.000

Mission goal

3.70

3.74

3.89

4.10

4.17

0.000

3.72

3.81

3.82

4.00

0.000

3.74

3.79

3.88

3.92

4.58

0.000

Client value

3.29

3.46

3.64

3.90

3.92

0.000

3.41

3.49

3.68

3.74

0.000

3.41

3.49

3.64

3.81

4.33

0.000