Threats to the New Zealand Serious Fraud Office: an institutional perspective

Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 304-328

  Samkin, Grant ^a   Van Peursem, K A ^a   Balme, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b Beijing PricewaterhouseCoopers Management Consulting   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Auditors; Fraud; Information media; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993043409     PISSN: 11766093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/11766091011072774     Document Type: Article

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