The auditor-audit firm relationship and its effect on burnout and turnover intention

Accounting Horizons

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 707-723

  Herda, David N ^a   Lavelle, James J ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnout; Commitment; Emotional exhaustion; Fairness; Turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871262479     PISSN: 08887993     EISSN: 15587975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/acch-50181     Document Type: Article

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