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        <journal-title>Journal of Security and Sustainability Issues</journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="epub">2029-7017</issn>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">2029-7017</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>LKA</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">JSSI9415</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.9770/jssi.2020.9.4(15)</article-id>
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          <subject>Article</subject>
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        <article-title>Expectation Gap in Auditor Responsibilities: a Case Study</article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Hong</surname>
            <given-names>Nguyen Thi Phuong</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:href="mailto:hongntp@ueh.edu.vn">hongntp@ueh.edu.vn</email>
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        <aff id="j_jssi_aff_000">University of Economics Ho Chi Minh city, 59C Nguyen Dinh Chieu, Ward 6, District 3, HCM city, Vietnam</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Huy</surname>
            <given-names>Dinh Tran Ngoc</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:href="mailto:dtnhuy2010@gmail.com">dtnhuy2010@gmail.com</email>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_jssi_aff_001"/>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_jssi_aff_001">Banking University of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - International Unievrsity of Japan, Japan</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Thuong</surname>
            <given-names>Nguyen Thi</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:href="mailto:thuongnt@buh.edu.vn">thuongnt@buh.edu.vn</email>
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        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_jssi_aff_002">Banking University of Ho Chi Minh City, 56 Hoang Dieu 2, Linh Chieu, Thu Duc Viet Nam</aff>
      </contrib-group>
      <volume>9</volume>
      <issue>4</issue>
      <fpage>1283</fpage>
      <lpage>1295</lpage>
      <pub-date pub-type="ppub">
        <day>30</day>
        <month>06</month>
        <year>2020</year>
      </pub-date>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>30</day>
        <month>06</month>
        <year>2020</year>
      </pub-date>
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        <p>The aim of this research is analyzing the audit expectation gap in Vietnam. The research result has identified that there are many differences between the auditors’ and the financial-statement users’ opinions about the auditors’ responsibilities. Most of research results about the auditors’ responsibilities show that the perception of financial-statement user regarding to auditors’ responsibilities has been higher than the auditors’, which is the reason for the wide audit expectation gap in Vietnam. Based on the research result, some reasons for the audit expectation gap are listed: the auditors have not fully performed their responsibilities based on the current regulations, the current standards on auditing have not been reasonable, and the most important reason is because the financial-statement users have high expectations (unrealistic expectations) of auditors’ responsibilities. Moreover, based on this research result, some related recommendations have been suggested and they are hoped to provide the useful references for the corporations, the government, auditors and fundraisers to enhance the quality of the financial statements and provide the useful information for the users.</p>
      </abstract>
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        <kwd>auditing</kwd>
        <kwd>expectation gap</kwd>
        <kwd>financial statements</kwd>
        <kwd>auditors’ responsibilities</kwd>
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