Local government internal auditors’ perceptions of the Audit Commission

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 396-407

  Bowerman, Mary ^a   Hawksworth, Shirley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit Commission; External audit; Internal audit; Local government

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986132574     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686909910301466     Document Type: Article

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