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    The lived experience of becoming accounting partners in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia : a phenomenological study

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    The accounting profession in Saudi Arabia has developed greatly. However, little is known about the making of a partner in accounting firms in Saudi Arabia, which is the central issue of this research. This qualitative study aims at describing the essence of experiences of becoming accounting partners in Saudi Arabia. The researcher employs phenomenology approach to understand the lived experience of accounting partners and how would such experience affect their career. It mainly aims to describe the different experiences of fifteen (15) Saudi partners working in various accounting companies in Saudi Arabia. The researcher conducted interviews to explore the most important challenges of the accountants to become a partner. The interviews were transcribed and analysed. Based on the analysis, there is essence of experiences of the partners; such skills enable new accountants, especially those who desire to join the accounting profession, were described. The findings revealed the need to have good mentors, being professionally qualified, i.e. having the SOCPA certification, and capability to deal with work environment as essence of the 15 experiences that were interviewed. The researcher also found that there are different skills that the partner must have include responsible leadership, professional communication, good marketing skills and excellent command of English. The findings of this study could be useful to Saudi accountants where the challenges and difficulties that they may face during their journey to become partners, could encourage them to go through the partnership journey and eliminate many of unreal thoughts about this journey. In addition, the findings of the current study could be useful to the official parties that organizing the accounting profession in Saudi Arabia, such as SOCPA, by highlighting the issues that impede the Saudi accountants to become partners, which may lead to mitigation of professional requirements by the SOCPA

    Audit committee effectiveness and integrated reporting quality: Does family ownership matter?

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    AbstractWith the increasing demand for greater financial and sustainability reporting transparency, firms globally have embraced integrated reporting (IR). However, little is known about how audit committee effectiveness (ACE) affects IR quality and whether family ownership moderates this relationship. This study aims to address this research gap by examining the impact of ACE on IR quality in the Malaysian market. In addition, the study further examined the moderating role of family ownership on this relationship. Data are extracted from firms’ annual reports and Thomson Reuters DataStream to analyse Malaysian firms spanning the period 2017–2021. Our findings indicate that ACE positively influences IR quality, fostering more transparent disclosure. Additionally, our analysis reveals a negative moderation effect by family ownership on the ACE-IR quality nexus. Further scrutiny of a sub-sample suggests a positive ACE—IR quality relationship in firms without family ownership, contrasting with a negative relationship in those with family ownership. Our results withstand alternative measures of IR, ACE, estimation techniques, and control for endogeneity issues. This research contributes to the literature on IR by adding new insights into the impact of ACE and family ownership on IR quality and provides important implications for regulators, stakeholders, researchers, managers, and investors
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