An examination of internal auditor objectivity: In-house versus outsourcing

Auditing

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 147-158

  Ahlawat, Sunita S ^a   Lowe, D Jordan ^b  

^a The College of New Jersey   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

Author keywords

Assurance; Internal auditing; Objectivity; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 8744301930     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/aud.2004.23.2.147     Document Type: Article

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