Auditor perceptions of client narcissism as a fraud attitude risk factor

Auditing

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 203-219

  Johnson, Eric N ^a   Kuhn, John R ^b   Apostolou, Barbara A ^c   Hassell, John M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude rationalization; Fraudulent financial reporting; Narcissism; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873672320     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: 15587991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/ajpt-50329     Document Type: Article

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