Organizational error climate and auditors' predispositions toward handling errors

Behavioral Research in Accounting

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 69-92

  Gronewold, Ulfert ^a   Donle, Michaela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Audit quality; Handling errors; Organizational culture; Predispositions

Indexed keywords

EID: 80655127312     PISSN: 10504753     EISSN: 15588009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/bria-10061     Document Type: Article

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