Pattern identification and industry-specialist auditors

Accounting Review

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 309-336

  Hammersley, Jacqueline S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditor knowledge; Industry specialization; Pattern recognition; Problem representations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645908829     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2006.81.2.309     Document Type: Article

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