Performance evaluation of audit assistants in chartered accounting firms

Australian Accounting Review

Volumn 7, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 62-72

  Perera, Sujatha ^a   Fatseas, Vic ^b   Luckett, Peter ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 85030381460     PISSN: 10356908     EISSN: 18352561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1835-2561.1997.tb00029.x     Document Type: Article

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