An institutional perspective of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-33

  Baker, Richard L ^a   Bealing Jr , William E ^a   Nelson, Donald A ^b   Staley, A Blair ^a  

^a BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MERRIMACK COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountancy; Economic history; Organizational theory; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745833069     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900610634739     Document Type: Review

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