The impact of auditor-client relationships on the reversal of first-time audit qualifications

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-79

  Meyer, Michael J ^a   Rigsby, John T ^b   Boone, Jeff ^c  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditors; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845926311     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900710715648     Document Type: Article

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