An investigation of alternative report formats for communicating moderate levels of assurance

Auditing

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 171-187

  Hasan, Mahreen ^a   Roebuck, Peter J ^a   Simnett, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assurance on environmental and sustainability reports; Communication; Expectations gap; Moderate assurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142581977     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/aud.2003.22.2.171     Document Type: Article

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