The Role of Standards and Audit Firms in Reducing the Expectation Gap: A Qualitative Approach

Abstract

Audit expectation gap has generated quite a number of research papers. In this the author uses a qualitative approach to find out what audit firms and standard setters can do to reduce the audit expectation gap. The result of the study shows that improved stakeholder consultation, stakeholder education, setting clear and unambiguous standards, broadening scope of work are some of the things that standard setters and audit firms can do to reduce the audit expectation gap.