A local realisation of auditor independence construct in Poland: Counteracting 'iron curtain' syndrome in academic writing

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 593-612

  MacLullich, Katarzyna Kosmala ^a   Sucher, Pat ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditor independence; CEE; Emerging profession; Local context; Poland

Indexed keywords

EID: 17844385083     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2003.08.002     Document Type: Article

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