The effect of internal audit outsourcing on financial analysts' perceptions of external auditor independence

Auditing

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 114-129

  Swanger, Susan L ^a   Chewning Jr , Eugene G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Auditor independence; Internal audit outsourcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038897445     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/aud.2001.20.2.115     Document Type: Article

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