The effect of female audit committee characteristics on audit fees of listed consumer goods sector in Nigeria Department: Accountancy By: SIRJOSEPH Project ID: 7806 Rating: (5.0) votes: 1Rate this project12345 Price:₦3000 Get the Complete MaterialAbstractThe study examined the effect of female audit committee characteristics on audit fees of the listed consumer goods sector in Nigeria through the period 2015 to 2020. A total of ten firms out of the twenty-eight consumer goods on the floor of the Nigerian stock exchange were studied. Secondary data generated from the annual reports and accounts of the sampled firms was used as well as data obtained from the Nigerian stock exchange fact book. The study used female audit committee size, female audit committee diversity, female audit committee composition and female audit committee independence to proxy the independent variable( female audit committee characteristics) while audit fees were used as the dependent variables. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, and ordinary least square regression analyses with the aid of STATA. Findings from the study through the use of regression analysis showed that female audit committee size has no significant effect on audit fees of listed consumer goods firms in Nigeria female audit committee diversity has a significant effect on audit fees of listed consumer goods firms in Nigeria female audit committee share composition has a significant effect on audit fees of listed consumer goods firms in Nigeria and female audit committee share independence has a significant effect on audit fees of listed consumer goods firms in Nigeria. It is recommended that the audit committee of consumer goods firms listed on the Nigeria stock exchange should integrate more female members since it is found in the study that, female audit committee characteristics members have a significant impact in determining the audit fees on listed consumer goods firms....Preview Download Preview +Other Accountancy project topics and materials you might be interested in»The Impact of Accounting Ratio in Decision Making ( A Case Study of Nigeria Breweries Plc Enugu) »The impact of budget and budgetary control in tertiary institutions ( A Case study of imo state university )»Internal control as a tool for improving profitability»The role of financial institutions in the development of Nigeria economy»Impact of computerization of accounting system of commercial banks ( A case study of union bank plc )»The Impact of product development on banks performance ( A Case study of first bank plc )»Role of good accounting system in the management of private enterprise in Nigeria ( A Case Study of Nwaogo pam paper mills limited )»Effects of standard costing on the profitability of manufacturing companies (a case study of nigerian breweries plc, Ama, Udi local government of Enugu state) »The role of accounting system in measuring organizational performance of transport company ( A Case study of ABC Transport )»Auditing in Nigeria companies, problems and prospects»Effect of misrepresentation of information in a financial statement»Effective internal control as an aid to management efficiency ( Case Study of Nigeria Bottling Company Owerri )»The effects of computerized accounting system on the performance of banking industry in Nigeria»The impact of development finance institutions (DFIS) in economic development of Nigeria»An appraisal of fraud prevention measures in Nigerian banking sector ( Case study of access bank plc owerri )