The effects of internal audit structure on perceived financial statement fraud prevention

Accounting Horizons

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 315-327

  James, Kevin L ^a  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fraudulent financial reporting; Internal audit; Outsourcing; Reporting structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 8744311739     PISSN: 08887993     EISSN: 15587975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/acch.2003.17.4.315     Document Type: Article

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