The work experience of individuals in public accounting is important for a variety of personal and organizational purposes. Work experience is divisible analytically into work outcomes (such as performance, job satisfaction, organizational commitment and turnover intentions) and work processes...

Evidence of audit committee activity in the formative years of the Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) Railroad indicates that control and reporting activity developed long before the existence of regulatory mandate or the external auditing function. This is the earliest example of such an organized and...

Highlights the role played by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), the Treadway Commission, and other professional organizations in furthering...