Impact of job depletion on performance in performing audit complex tasks

Authors
Shokrollah Khajavi 1
tabandeh salahi 2
1 Professor of Accounting Department, Shiraz University of Shiraz, Shiraz, Iran(Corresponding author),
2 Ph.D. student of Shiraz University and lecturer of Accounting Department, Higher Education Center of Baft, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman(ta.salehi@uk.ac.ir)
10.29252/aapc.4.8.243
Abstract
Auditing as an independent professional has a major responsibility for validating financial statements to users of financial information. On the other hand, auditors work in a depletion environment.The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of job depletion on the performance in performing audit complex tasks. Also the mediates role of the effortful processing variable in the relationship between professional skepticism and professional identity and their performance is also examined.To investigate this effect, the experimental method used. To test the research hypotheses, hierarchical regression and path analysis used with SPSS and Smart-PLS softwares.

The results showed that Intensity ofpositive relationship between professional skepticism and professional identity and its performance in performing audit complex tasks under depletion conditions is decreased. In addition, Intensity ofpositive relationship between professional skepticism and professional identity and the effortfulprocessing of the audit process when auditors are exposed to the depletion is reduced. In addition, effortful processing is the mediating variable in the positive relationship between professional identity and professional skepticism and performance in audit complex tasks.

as a result , those higher in attributes predictive of effortful processing, like stronger professional identity and higher professional skepticism, are impacted by job depletion to a greater extent.
Keywords
professional identity
professional skepticism
effortful processing
depletion
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