The development of specialist industry knowledge in government auditing

Australian Accounting Review

Volumn 10, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 35-45

  Simnett, Roger ^a   Luckett, Peter ^a   Wright, Arnold M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 27944508842     PISSN: 10356908     EISSN: 18352561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1835-2561.2000.tb00053.x     Document Type: Article

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