The art of compromise? The individual and organisational legitimacy of "irregular auditing"

Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 390-409

  Herrbach, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Auditing; Auditing standards; Auditors; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444499416     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513570510600756     Document Type: Article

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