The internal auditor as fraud-buster

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 351-363

  Hillison, William ^a   Pacini, Carl ^b   Sinason, David ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditors; Fraud; Internal audit; Internal control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986018717     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686909910289849     Document Type: Article

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