Table 1.

Variable definitions

MeanAQTB=Audit quality threatening behaviours, the mean of eight items for each team member
MeanDI=Deindividuation, the average of seven items for each team member
MeanSocialId=Social identity, the number that identifies how close the team member feels to the other team members (1 not close to 7 very close)
MeanGE=Gender equality, the average of seven items for each team member
DISI=The interaction between deindividuation and social identity
CONTROL=All variables below
LnAge=The natural logarithm of the age of each team member
Female=1 if a team member is female and 0 otherwise
TeamRole=The role of the team member in the team
Team Size=The number of team members in the team
Tenure=The number of years the audit client has been registered as a client at the audit firm
MeanSatis=Satisfaction, the mean of three items within a team
MeanTAT=Tone at the top, the mean of three items within a team
CostGap=The difference in average cost per hour between male and female team members, divided by the average cost per hour of male team members
LnTA=The natural logarithm of total assets of the audit client
ROA=The return on assets of the audit client
Leverage=The leverage ratio of the client, which is the ratio of total debt to total assets
InvenTAratio=The ratio of inventory to total assets
SalesGrowth=The sales growth
StateClient=1 if the client is a state client and 0 otherwise

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