Jurnal Studia Akuntansi dan Bisnis (The Indonesian Journal of Management & Accounting)
Vol 14 No 1 (2026)

Pengaruh Key Audit Matters, independensi, dan objektivitas terhadap Kualitas Audit dengan Kompleksitas Perusahaan sebagai Variabel Moderasi

Melia Putri Hapsari (Universitas Negeri Semarang)
Nanik Sri Utaminingsih (Universitas Negeri Semarang)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Jun 2026

Abstract

This study examine the effect of Key Audit Matters (KAM), independence, and objectivity on audit quality, with firm complexity serving moderating variable in banking companies during the 2021-2024 period. This study purposive sampling, resulting in 47 banking companies, and analyzed the data using multiple linear regression and Moderated Regression Analysis (MRA). The results indicate that KAMs (β=0.249; sig.=0.000) and independence (β=0.104. sig.=0.000) has a positive effect on audit quality. In contrastn objecitivity (β=-0.192; sig.=0.003) has a significant negative impact on audit quality. Corporate complexity moderates the influence of KAM (Sig=0.003) and objectivity (sig.=0.015), but it does not moderate the effect of independence (sig.=0.217) on audit quality. It can be concluded that audit quality is influenced by KAMs, independence, and objectivity, while firm complexity only moderates the relationships between KAMs and audit quality, between objecitivity and audit quality.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JSAB

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Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

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Jurnal Studia Akuntansi dan Bisnis diterbitkan oleh Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi (STIE) La Tansa Mashiro. Jurnal ini merupakan gabungan dari Jurnal Program Sarjana dengan nama StakeholderS (ISSN 1978-0648) dan Jurnal Program Pascasarjana dengan nama Gaung (ISSN 2089-1253). Sejak Volume I Nomor 1 ...