The effect of benchmarked performance measures and strategic analysis on auditors' risk assessments and mental models

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 316-333

  Knechel, W R ^a   Salterio, S E ^b   Kochetova Kozloski, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 77951204810     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aos.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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