Managing perceptions of technical competence: How well do auditors know how others view them?;La gestion des perceptions relatives à la compétence technique: Dans quelle mesure les vérificateurs savent-ils comment ils sont perçus?

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 761-787

  Tan, Hun Tong ^a   Jamal, Karim ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Audit workpaper review; Metaperception; Reputation management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749327304     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: 19113846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/EH3A-XDFU-VNKD-DJYG     Document Type: Review

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