Information technology acceptance in the internal audit profession: Impact of technology features and complexity

International Journal of Accounting Information Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 214-228

  Kim, Hyo Jeong ^a   Mannino, Michael ^a   Nieschwietz, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Information technology adoption; Internal auditing; IS features; System acceptance

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449716914     PISSN: 14670895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.accinf.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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