The impact of internal audit in the protection of accounting information systems in commercial banks in Jordan

Authors

  • Ayman Saleh Mustafa Harb, Dr. Zarqa University – Jordan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25255/jbm.2016.4.4.151.171

Keywords:

Commercial Banks, Protection of Accounting Information Systems, Internal Audit

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the impact of internal audit in the protection of accounting information systems in commercial banks in Jordan , the researcher designed a questionnaire consisting of (28) items, which were distributed to the constituent of the commercial banks to study in Jordan community, and the number (5) commercial banks by the end of 2015, noting that the study where there is no option for a sample of the community, set it the study included all members of society, and represented the unit of analysis to individuals working in the accounting departments (financial, accountants, managers), circles and other sections in the commercial banking sector by the end of 2015, were distributed (100) to identify the individuals working in these departments and sections.

 

This study has concluded that there is a statistically significant effect (second hypothesis) to the effect of internal audit in the protection of accounting information systems in commercial banks in Jordan, where he reached the relationship between two variables value (0.654), and considers this value is statistically significant, because the value of ( f) calculated the (67.85) have a statistically significant level of significance (0.000), which is less than (5%), and indicate this result to the impact of internal audit in the protection of accounting information systems in commercial banks in Jorda.

 

As well as the study concluded that there is a statistically significant effect (for the second hypothesis) to the effect of internal audit in the accounting information security rules in commercial banks in Jordan, where he reached the relationship between two variables value (0.631), and considers this value is statistically significant, because the value of ( f) calculated the (60.09) have a statistically significant level of significance (0.000), which is less than (5%), and indicate this result to the impact of internal audit in the accounting information security rules in commercial banks in Jordan.

 

As well as the study concluded that there is a statistically significant effect (for the third hypothesis) to the effect of internal auditing in enhancing the appreciation and awareness of staff in commercial banks in Jordan, where he reached the relationship between two variables value (0.397), and considers this value is statistically significant, because the value of ( f) calculated the (17.05) have a statistically significant level of significance (0.000), which is less than (5%), and indicate this result to the impact of internal auditing in enhancing the appreciation and awareness of staff in commercial banks in Jordan.

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2016-10-01

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