Perceptions of investment risk associated with material control weakness pervasiveness and disclosure detail

Accounting Review

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1787-1807

  Rose, Jacob M ^a   Norman, Carolyn Strand ^b   Rose, Anna M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Control pervasiveness; Control weakness; Disclosure detail; Internal control; Investment risk; Management credibility; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958485558     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2010.85.5.1787     Document Type: Review

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