On the constitution of audit committee effectiveness

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 211-239

  Gendron, Yves ^a   Bédard, Jean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

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EID: 33645866798     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aos.2005.03.002     Document Type: Article

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