Internal audit effectiveness: An Ethiopian public sector case study

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 470-484

  Mihret, Dessalegn Getie ^a   Yismaw, Aderajew Wondim ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Internal auditing; Management attitudes; Organizational behaviour; Public sector accounting

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547458746     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900710750757     Document Type: Article

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