Auditors' memory of internal control information: the effect of documentation preparation versus review

Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2006, Pages 27-50

  Kopp, Lori S ^a   Bierstaker, James L ^a  

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EID: 33646594103     PISSN: 14751488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1475-1488(06)09002-8     Document Type: Review

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