Moderator Role of Organizational Doubt in Relation to Fraud Detection and Professional Skepticism

The purpose of this study is to investigate the moderating role of organizational skepticism in relation to the risk of fraud detecting and professional skepticism. The statistical population of the research includes; The auditors of reputable auditing firms of the entire stock exchange (members of the Society of Certified Public Accountants) have at least 10 years of experience and have at least a bachelor's degree. Due to the conditionality of the statistical population, the subjects were studied by the available random method. The collected questionnaires were included in the analysis after removing the distorted copies or including incomplete answers in 133 copies. Structural equation modeling with Smart PLS software was used to investigate the relationships. The results showed that there is a relationship between the risk of fraud detecting and professional skepticism. Also, considering that the coefficient of this variable is estimated to be 0.269, which is a positive value, it is concluded that by increasing the risk of fraud detection, professional skepticism increases. Organizational skepticism was also found to moderate the relationship between the risk of fraud detecting and professional skepticism. Given that the value of β is equal to 0.625 and its sign is positive, it can be concluded that by strengthening organizational skepticism, the relationship between the risk of fraud detecting and professional skepticism in auditing firms is strengthened.