The pervasive nature of IT controls: An examination of material weaknesses in IT controls and audit fees

International Journal of Accounting & Information Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 106-119

  Canada, Joseph ^a   Sutton, Steve G ^a,b   Randel Kuhn, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditing; Auditor's fees; Information systems; Internal control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993104373     PISSN: 18347649     EISSN: 17589037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/18347640910967753     Document Type: Article

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