The chief financial officer's perspective on auditor-client negotiations

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 387-422

  Gibbins, Michael ^a   McCracken, Susan A ^b   Salterio, Steve E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accounting; Auditor; Chief financial officer; Negotiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547783955     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: 19113846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/9208-G324-1R15-4U3H     Document Type: Article

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