The effect of audit outcomes on evaluators' perceptions

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-18

  Jones, Keith T ^a   Chen, Clement C ^b  

^a EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FLINT   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditing; External auditing; Performance appraisal

Indexed keywords

EID: 19944394533     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900410537801     Document Type: Article

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