Internal audit sourcing arrangement and the external auditor's reliance decision

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 193-213

  Glover, Steven M ^a   Prawitt, Douglas F ^a   Wood, David A ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

External auditor reliance; Inherent risk; Internal audit; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 41449113960     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: 19113846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/car.25.1.7     Document Type: Article

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