The association of managerial ownership with degree of strictness of internalcontrol system : the case of listed companies in the stock exchange of Thailand
Abstract:
This research aims to study firms' internal control based on COSO concept and the association of managerial ownership with degree of strictness of internal control system. Data, collected by questionnaires, was from 200 listed companies in 2005 all sectors except Rehabilitation Companies. Degree of strictness of internal control system was identified in 5 scales. The statistics employed for analysis were Pearson correlation coefficient, mean, and standard deviation at significant level 0.05The result indicate that managerial ownership, provided to encourage management belief as an owner and to use as an incentive to create shareholder wealth, is positively related to the degree of strictness of internal control system based on COSO concept both overall and in 5 aspects, environment, risk assessment, control activities, information and communication, and monitoring and evaluation.