Top executive audits: Strategic reviews of operational activities

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-105

  Witcher, Barry J ^a   Chau, Vinh Sum ^a   Harding, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b TriQ Cooperation Business Development   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Auditing; Chief executives; Performance management; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845938257     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900710715666     Document Type: Article

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