Internal auditor perceptions on audit committee interactions: A qualitative study in Malaysian public corporations

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 894-908

  Zain, Mazlina Mat ^b   Subramaniam, Nava ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Audit committees; Corporate governance; Independent directors; Internal auditing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748816311     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2007.00620.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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