Appropriate audit support system use: The influence of auditor, audit team and firm factors

Accounting Review

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 771-810

  Dowling, Carlin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Appropriate use; Audit effectiveness and efficiency; Audit firm control; Audit support systems; System restrictiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650727440     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2009.84.3.771     Document Type: Article

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