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Table 4 The differentiated analysis of gender, age, and experience

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

Gender

Age

Auditing experience

31–40

41–50

5–10

>15

M

F

M

F

M

F

M

F

\({\text{R}}_{\text{adj}}^{2}\)

0.767

0.616

0.714

0.754

0.793

0.496

0.737

0.746

Professional development

Organizational culture

 Mean

3.48

3.31

3.62

3.42

3.31

3.36

3.79

3.46

 p-value

0.000

0.000

0.041

0.000

0.067

0.038

0.003

0.002

Learning motivation

 Mean

3.78

3.57

3.78

3.69

3.78

3.61

3.89

3.70

 p-value

0.000

0.415

0.353

0.722

0.239

0.233

0.859

0.851

Training opportunity

 Mean

3.26

3.27

3.49

3.22

3.15

3.28

3.60

3.21

 p-value

0.170

0.047

0.047

0.112

0.075

0.005

0.024

0.974

Self-efficacy

Profession and experience

 Mean

3.74

3.62

3.88

3.95

3.79

3.78

4.10

4.00

 p-value

0.800

0.355

0.046

0.001

0.145

0.107

0.016

0.008

Confidence and effort

 Mean

3.56

3.35

3.64

3.52

3.56

3.45

3.86

3.57

 p-value

0.009

0.02

0.658

0.055

0.013

0.496

0.910

0.303

Trend and performance

 Mean

3.46

3.27

3.73

3.57

3.59

3.48

3.89

3.56

 p-value

0.373

0.021

0.775

0.002

0.220

0.111

0.266

0.003