Continuous online auditing as a response to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 779-802

  El Masry, El Hussein ^a   Reck, Jacqueline L ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditing; Financial risk; Legislation; Online reporting; United State of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349172131     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900810899527     Document Type: Article

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