Mail survey reliability through follow-up mailings: The case of auditor changes

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1048-1054

  Dunn, Kimberly A ^a   Fenwick Huss, H ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditors; Reliability management; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993081964     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900410557944     Document Type: Article

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