The impact of pressure from potential client business opportunities on the judgments of auditors across professional ranks

Auditing

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-28

  Moreno, Kimberly ^a   Bhattacharjee, Sudip ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Additional business opportunities; Audit pressure; Auditor judgment

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142617981     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/aud.2003.22.1.13     Document Type: Article

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