Artificial Intelligence in Audit

• Authors: Anna Karmańska

Title variants

PL

Sztuczna inteligencja w audycie

Abstracts

PL

Celem artykułu jest wskazanie korzyści płynących z zastosowania sztucznej inteligencji (AI) w badaniu sprawozdań finansowych. Posłużono się kwestionariuszem ankiety. Próbą badawczą objęto 206 praktyków i studentów audytu i rachunkowości. Zastosowano analizę czynnikową metodą głównych składowych z rotacją Promax. Wyniki wskazują, że w opinii respondentów zastosowanie sztucznej inteligencji zwiększa efektywność audytu. Sztuczna inteligencja usprawnia komunikację i obsługę klienta. Ponadto AI może zautomatyzować czasochłonne i rutynowe zadania. Powyższe trzy czynniki odpowiadają za 62,223% wariancji. Wyniki badania wskazują na korzyści płynące z implementacji sztucznej inteligencji w audycie i mogą wspierać menedżerów we wdrażaniu nowych technologii w ich organizacjach. Ograniczeniem badawczym jest fakt, że badanie koncentruje się na respondentach jedynie z Polski.

EN

The main objective of this paper is to identify the benefits of applying the Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the audit sector. The study employed a questionnaire for a research sample including 206 auditing and accounting practitioners and students. Data were collected via an online survey. A principal axis factor analysis with the Promax rotation was conducted to assess the underlying structure for the points of the questionnaire. The research outcomes indicate that, in the opinion of the respondents, AI adoption increases audit efficiency, and enhances client communication and service. Finally, AI can also automate time-consuming and routine tasks. The three indicated factors account for 62.223% variance. The findings reveal the advantages of AI adoption and could support managers in deploying new technology in their organizations. The research limitation concerns the fact that this study focused only on respondents from Poland.

Keywords

EN

audit; Artificial Intelligence; machine learning

PL

audyt; sztuczna inteligencja; uczenie maszynowe

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
• Journal: Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 66
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 87-99

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Anna Karmańska

• University of Economics in Katowice

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15611/pn.2022.4.06

Biblioteka Nauki

2158933