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Objective. The aim of this article is to show that the audits aren't perfect substitute but additional of management control. Study design. We make out from a literature review and well-known cases some propositions and we search to give credit to our principal proposition with one exploratory...
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This research work was designed to assess the effect of internal audit function on fraud detection in the Nigerian … public sector. Fraud triangle theory which tries to explain reasons why people commit fraud guided this work, survey research … study were to examine the effect of internal checks, stock audit, cash audit and transaction audit functions on fraud …
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This work investigates the role and contribution of external auditing as practised in the Malaysian society during the forty year period from independence in 1957 to just before the onset of the Asian Financial Crisis in 1997. It applies the political economic theory introduced by Tinker (1980)...
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additional risks, with cases of fraud, corruption and high risk investments in several Australian local councils being reported …
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The primary objective of this study is to construct a valid and reliable instrument to quantitatively measure the quality of internal audit function via level of conformance by internal auditors towards the International Professional Practice Framework (IPPF). Two separate pilot tests were...
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This paper examines factors that influence job applicants' willingness to apply for positions in internal auditing. We predict and find evidence that job applicants are dissuaded from applying for internal audit positions. In two separate experiments involving participants at seven universities,...
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International and U.S. accounting and auditing standard setters have focused considerable attention and rule making around group audits and in particular the reporting quality of subsidiary entities. We examine how membership in a consolidated group and the related group audit affects the...
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This paper examines factors affecting non-accounting business professionals' willingness to work in internal auditing. In a 2 x 6 experiment with 502 participants from across the country, we find that, in contrast to prior research examining accountants, business professionals have relatively...
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In the last years the focus of internal audit has shifted away from business toward financial controls. In the future internal audit departments need to align their contributions to the organization's strategic objectives. The purpose of the internal audit which is organised within the entities...
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