Party of three? A source credibility perspective on the use of consultants for internal control assessments

Journal of Applied Business Research

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 59-68

  Blaskovich, Jennifer ^a   Mintchik, Natalia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Audit efficiency; Internal control assessment; Sarbanes Oxley Act; Source credibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350156443     PISSN: 08927626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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