Does congruence between audit structure and auditors' locus of control affect job performance?

Accounting Review

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 263-274

  Hyatt, Troy A ^a   Prawitt, Douglas F ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Audit structure; Employee work environment congruence; Job performance; Locus of control

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035531887     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2001.76.2.263     Document Type: Article

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