The role of audit committees in managing relationships with external auditors after SOX: Evidence from the USA

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 368-397

  Hoitash, Rani ^a   Hoitash, Udi ^b  

^a BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Audit committees; Auditing; Corporate governance; Legislation; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949179596     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900910948206     Document Type: Article

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