The association between auditor quality and human capital

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 523-541

  Cheng, Yu Shu ^a   Liu, Yi Pei ^b   Chien, Chu Yang ^a  

^a NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b PROVIDENCE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Auditors; Human capital; Public sector accounting; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 68649120679     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900910966512     Document Type: Article

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