The effects of internal audit outsourcing on perceived external auditor independence

Auditing

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL., 1999, Pages

  Lowe, D Jordan ^a   Geiger, Marshall A ^b   Pany, Kurt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Auditor independence; Extended audit services; Internal audit outsourcing; Staff separation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040887593     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/aud.1999.18.supplement.7     Document Type: Article

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