Developing Framework for Evaluating the Performance of the Audit CCommittee Using the Meta-combination Method

The audit committee plays an important role in implementing the corporate governance system, and evaluating its performance is essential to determine the improvement of activities and increase its efficiency and effectiveness. Due to the lack of a clear framework for evaluating the performance of the audit committee in Iran, the present study has tried to provide a systematic framework for evaluating the performance of the audit committee. The present study is considered as a development research in terms of purpose and for conducting research, the qualitative research method has been used and among the qualitative research methods, the meta-combined method has been used. In order to achieve the objectives of the research, research conducted over a period of 30 years (1993 to 2022) and 513 articles were reviewed and finally 76 articles that received the necessary points has been analyzed using the Sandelsky and Barroso meta-combination method. The research findings provide 95 indicators, 15 components and 3 dimensions to evaluate the performance of the audit committee. Finally, using Shannon entropy method, the level of support of previous research findings from the present research findings is determined and also suggestions for future research are presented.