The effects of employer and client identification on internal and external auditors' evaluations of internal control deficiencies

Auditing

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-56

  Stefaniak, Chad M ^a   Houston, Richard W ^b   Cornell, Robert M ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditor judgment; External auditor; Internal auditor; Organizational identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856421696     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: 15587991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/ajpt-10179     Document Type: Article

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