Perceptions of messages conveyed by review and audit reports

Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 472-494

  Gay, Grant ^a   Schelluch, Peter ^a   Baines, Annette ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84986149607     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513579810231493     Document Type: Article

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