Internal auditing and voluntary cooperation in firms: A cross-cultural experiment

Accounting Review

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 407-431

  Kachelmeier, Steven J ^a   Shehata, Mohamed ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Culture; Internal auditing; International accounting; Public goods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031287387     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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