Abstract:
Internal Auditor serves as an audit the operation for confidence that the organization has adequate and appropriate work systems to enable it to achieve its objectives effectively. The current company uses technology to create growth and success for corporations, but the use of information technology carries several risks to be considered that could affect to operations or damage the organization. Therefore, controlling the risk of information technology is important that business organizations must focus on in order to apply the information technology to support the business operations to the maximum benefit and to reduce the chance of damage that may occur. It is also imperative that internal auditors develop themselves to keep up with changes in technology that may affect to the quality of more information technology audit.
Therefore, the researcher has studied the effect of the best attributes of the Internal auditor on Information technology audit quality together with continuous learning by using a questionnaire as an instrument for collecting data from internal auditor. The company is listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand 567 people, receiving 101 responses and the statistics were used for analyzing the collected data were multiple regression analyses. (MAR)
The findings revealed that Internal auditors had opinions about the best attributes of the Internal auditor at a high level when considering each aspect in all aspects in descending order of mean, namely Communication Skill, Collaboration Skill, Business Acumen, Analytical data Skill, Critical Thinking and General Information Technology Knowledge.
From the Multiple regression analyses found that, the best attributes of the Internal auditor in general information technology knowledge had positive impacts on Information technology audit quality and the best attributes of the Internal auditor in general information technology knowledge together with continuous learning had positive impacts on Information technology audit quality. This shows that, internal auditors attach great importance to general information technology including knowledge and understanding of information technology auditing methods and the relevant law in information technology auditing which can be used as a tool for effective information technology audit operations. Therefore, the organization should focus on developing the internal auditors and support continuous learning to be used as a tool for effective information technology auditing.