JEA17: Jurnal Ekonomi Akuntansi https://jurnal.untag-sby.ac.id/index.php/JEA17 <p><strong>Publication Fee<br data-start="97" data-end="100" /></strong>JEA17: Jurnal Ekonomi Akuntansi will not charge any fees to authors for submission. However, a publication fee of IDR 500,000 will be applied once the manuscript is accepted for publication.<strong><br /><br />E-ISSN: <a href="https://jurnal.untag-sby.ac.id/index.php/JEA17/management/settings/context#masthead/ http://issn.pdii.lipi.go.id/issn.cgi?daftar&amp;1460095337&amp;1&amp;&amp; ">2527-3264</a></strong> <br /><br /><strong>JEA17: Jurnal Ekonomi Akuntansi </strong> is a peer-reviewed journal, published by Faculty of Economy And Business, Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 Surabaya. JEA17 was first published in 2016. This journal was published two times a year, in April and October. This journal gives readers access to download journal entries in pdf file format. JEA17 is created as a means of communication and dissemination for researchers to publish research articles. JEA17 only accepts articles related to the topic of Financial accounting, Public sector accounting, Management accounting, Budgeting accounting, Islamic accounting, Corporate social responsibility, Good corporate governance, and other accounting fields. JEA17 was also available in both print and online. The language used in this journal is Indonesian and English.</p> <p> </p> <p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">JEA17 berkerja sama dengan organisasi profesi atau asosiasi jurnal antara lain member dari RJI (Relawan Jurnal Indonesia) dan IAI (Ikatan Akuntan Indonesia).</p> <p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"><strong data-start="78" data-end="97">Publication Fee</strong><br data-start="97" data-end="100" />JEA17: Jurnal Ekonomi Akuntansi will not charge any fees to authors for submission. However, a publication fee of IDR 500,000 will be applied once the manuscript is accepted for publication.</p> Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 Surabaya en-US JEA17: Jurnal Ekonomi Akuntansi 2527-3264 <p>Authors whose manuscript is published will approve the following provisions:</p><ol start="1"><li>The right to publication of all journal material published on the JEA17: Jurnal Ekonomi Akuntansi website is held by the editorial board with the author's knowledge (moral rights remain the property of the author).</li><li>The formal legal provisions for access to digital articles of this electronic journal are subject to the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/">CC BY-SA</a>) license, which means JEA17: Jurnal Ekonomi Akuntansi reserves the right to store, modify the format, administer in the database, maintain and publish articles without requesting permission from the Author as long as it keeps the Author's name as the owner of Copyright.</li><li>Printed and electronically published manuscripts are open access for educational, research, and library purposes. In addition to these objectives, the editorial board shall not be liable for violations of copyright law.</li></ol><p> </p><div class="separator"> </div> THE AUDIT QUALITY BATTLEGROUND: AI, PROFESSIONAL SKEPTICISM, EXPECTATION GAPS, AND AUDIT PROCESS EFFECTIVENESS FIGHTING FOR DOMINANCE IN SURABAYA’S PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRMS https://jurnal.untag-sby.ac.id/index.php/JEA17/article/view/132919 <p><em>This study examines the simultaneous influence of professional skepticism, audit artificial intelligence (AI) utilization, and the expectation gap on audit quality, with audit process effectiveness serving as the mediating variable. Using a quantitative approach, data were collected through structured questionnaires distributed to auditors working in Public Accounting Firms (KAPs) across Surabaya. The results indicate that professional skepticism and the expectation gap have significant positive effects on both audit process effectiveness and audit quality, while AI utilization shows no significant effect on either variable. The findings highlight that human and perceptual factors remain dominant determinants of audit outcomes, and audit process effectiveness plays a crucial mediating role that translates auditor behavior and stakeholder perceptions into improved audit quality. The study concludes that technological adoption alone is insufficient without adequate auditor competence and organizational readiness. Theoretically, this research reinforces behavioural auditing and stakeholder theory, while practically, it emphasizes the need to strengthen professional skepticism, manage expectation alignment, and gradually integrate AI-based audit tools supported by proper training and digital capability.</em></p> Arti Mirza Aulia Tri Ratnawati Copyright (c) 2025 Arti Mirza Aulia, Tri Ratnawati https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 2026-02-06 2026-02-06 11 1 52 62