The Public Accounting Firms (PAFs) have notoptimally met their user’s expectation in providing high quality auditings services. Many financial scandals that involve public accounting practitioners are still occurring. They make users of auditing service confuse about integrity of Certified Public Accountants. This study aims to obtain empirical evidences in evaluating of the extent to which the professional commitment of accountant and organizational PAFs commitmenaffecton auditor’s job satisfaction. This studyusesan explanatory surveymethod, althoughits detailsalso contain some descriptions, however because it is a relational research, its focus lay on relational explanations among verificative variables. Some operationalized variables are included in this study, consisting ofprofessionalcommitment, organizational commitment, and job satisfactionthat paymore fundamental emphasis on their indicators. Datawere collected throughquestionnaire distributionto targetedrespondents, as well aslimitedinterviewsor documentary studies as additional efforts to obtain explanatory elements from survey findings. Analytical units in this study involved the Public Accounting Firms (PAFs) in Indonesia with total population as 417 PAFs. Samplings by a simple proportional randomized method in 79PAFs with 347 accountants as responding target weresent questionnaires. Data analytical and testing methods were carried out by the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis. The research findings showed that professional commitment of accountants and commitment of the PAFs organization affects auditor’s job satisfaction, both simultaneously or partially.

The purpose of this study is to test empirically the influence of auditor education level, accounting education, the amount of public accounting firm to the accounting profession and its implications for the application of the principles of good corporate governance in Indonesia. The research method is descriptive verification by using quantitative approach. Data were collected through indirect communication techniques using questionnaires, limited interviews, and documentation studies in an effort to add explanatory elements to the survey results. There are 88 valid respondents from simple-randomized 500 public accounting firms in Java as samples. The result shows that there is a correlation between the accountant's education level with accounting education and the magnitude of public accounting firms with moderate level of influence. Coefficient of determination of education level auditor, accounting education, and quantity of public accounting firm simultaneously have positive effect on accounting profession. On the other hand, auditor's education level and the magnitude of public accounting firm partially have an insignificant influence on the Accounting Profession. The result also shows that there is influence of education level of auditor, accounting education, accountant public accountant level and accounting profession partially or simultaneously to the application of good corporate governance principles. Nevertheless, level of education of auditor and the magnitude of public accounting firm partially have an insignificant influence to the application of good corporate governance principles.

Harapan pengguna jasa Kantor Akuntan Publik (KAP) dalam memberikan layanan jasa audit yang berkualitas tinggi, belum terpenuhi secara optimal. Berbagai skandal keuangan masih marak terjadi yang melibatkan praktisi akuntan publik. Hal tersebut berakibat, para pengguna jasa audit meragukan integritas Akuntan Publik. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memperoleh bukti empirik guna mengevaluasi besarnya pengaruh komitmen profesi akuntan dan komitmen organisasi KAP terhadap implementasi audit independen atas laporan keuangan. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode survei penjelasan, walaupun uraiannya juga mengandung deskripsi, tetapi sebagai penelitian relasional fokusnya terletak pada penjelasan hubungan antar variabel yang bersifat verifikatif. Variabel yang dioperasionalkan dalam penelitian ini, yaitu: komitmen profesi, komitmen organisasi, kepuasan kerja dan implementasi audit independen yang lebih mendasar kepada indikator-indikatornya. Data dihimpun melalui penyebaran kuesioner ke target responden, serta wawancara terbatas maupun studi dokumentasi sebagai upaya menambah unsur penjelas dari hasil survei. Unit analisisnya adalah Kantor Akuntan Publik (KAP) di Indonesia dengan populasi 417 KAP. Penarikan sampel dengan metode proporsional acak sederhana terhadap 79 KAP dengan target respon yang dikirim kuesioner 347 orang akuntan. Tehnik analisis dan pengujian data dilakukan dengan Analisis Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa (1) komitmen profesi akuntan berpengaruh dalam meningkatkan kualitas implementasi audit independen atas laporan keuangan; (2) komitmen Kantor Akuntan Publik berpengaruh dalam meningkatkan kualitas implementasi audit independen atas laporan keuangan; (2) Kepuasan Kerja Auditor berpengaruh dalam meningkatkan kualitas implementasi audit independen atas laporan keuangan; (4) komitmen profesi akuntan, komitmen organisasi KAP, dan Kepuasan Kerja Auditor secara bersama-sama berpengaruh dalam meningkatkan implementasi audit independen atas laporan keuangan. Dengan demikian baik secara parsial maupun secara silmultan, implementasi audit independen atas laporan keuangan dipengaruhi oleh faktor komitmen profesi akuntan, komitmen organisasi KAP, dan Kepuasan Kerja Auditor.

Objective - Stock is one securities among other securities, as a high risk instrument. Stock classified as high risk due to reflection in the uncertainty of the rate of return to be received by investors in the future. The purpose of this research is to examine of financial distress as measured by the Altman Z-Score, systematic risk as measured by beta stocks and macroeconomic measured by inflation on stock returns Manufacturing Company listed on the Stock Exchange 2008-2012 period Methodology/Technique - From 133 companies listed, 75 companies are taken as sample by using purposive sampling technique. Panel data regression analysis shows that the overall effect of variables is equal to 28.7%. Findings - Partially, the variables that affect the stock returns are financial distress with Altman Z-Score, beta stocks and inflation. Novelty - Financial distress with the measurement using the Altman Z-Score. Type of Paper: Empirical Keywords: Stock return; Financial distress; Altman Z-Score; Systematic risk; Beta stocks and Inflation JEL Classification: E44, F14, G01.