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How hours allocated to year-round auditing procedures affect audit quality 分配给全年审计程序的小时数如何影响审计质量
IF 2.9 3区 管理学
Managerial Auditing Journal Pub Date : 2024-09-12 DOI: 10.1108/maj-11-2023-4126
Sangil Kim, Minjung Kang, Ho-Young Lee, Vivek Mande
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Ambiguity in international financial reporting standards (IFRS) and its impact on judgments of auditors 国际财务报告准则(IFRS)的模糊性及其对审计师判断的影响
IF 2.9 3区 管理学
Managerial Auditing Journal Pub Date : 2024-08-27 DOI: 10.1108/maj-03-2023-3849
Parmod Chand, Philomena Leung, Nonna Martinov-Bennie, Peter Carey
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The impact of remote auditing on audit quality: the moderating role of technology readiness 远程审计对审计质量的影响:技术准备的调节作用
IF 2.9 3区 管理学
Managerial Auditing Journal Pub Date : 2024-08-02 DOI: 10.1108/maj-02-2024-4210
Ruba Taleb Alma’aitah, Krayyem Al-Hajaya, Nedal Sawan, Abdulaziz Alzeban
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CEO inside debt and industry specialist auditor 首席执行官内债和行业专家审计师
IF 2.9 3区 管理学
Managerial Auditing Journal Pub Date : 2024-07-24 DOI: 10.1108/maj-08-2023-4017
Hyeesoo (Sally) Chung, Jong-Yu Paula Hao, Jinyoung Wynn
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Investor response to engagement quality review hours 投资者对业务约定质量审查时数的回应
IF 2.9 3区 管理学
Managerial Auditing Journal Pub Date : 2024-07-02 DOI: 10.1108/maj-07-2023-3988
Mijoo Lee, Daniel Sejun Hwang
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The governance role of R&D specialist auditors: Evidence from discretionary R&D expenditure 研发专业审计师的治理作用:可自由支配的研发支出的证据
IF 2.9 3区 管理学
Managerial Auditing Journal Pub Date : 2024-05-09 DOI: 10.1108/maj-05-2022-3564
Eugenia Y. Lee, Wonsuk Ha
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Auditor tenure and non-GAAP earnings 审计师任期和非美国通用会计准则收益
IF 2.9 3区 管理学
Managerial Auditing Journal Pub Date : 2024-04-03 DOI: 10.1108/maj-05-2023-3928
Pureum Kim, Myungsoo Son
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A value to voice? An examination of auditor upward feedback 声音的价值?对审计员向上反馈的研究
IF 2.9 3区 管理学
Managerial Auditing Journal Pub Date : 2024-03-28 DOI: 10.1108/maj-01-2023-3802
Christine Gimbar, Gabriel Saucedo, Nicole Wright
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Are out-of-period adjustments a type of stealth restatement? An examination of nonaudit services and out-of-period adjustments 期外调整是一种隐形重报吗?对非审计服务和期外调整的研究
IF 2.9 3区 管理学
Managerial Auditing Journal Pub Date : 2024-02-13 DOI: 10.1108/maj-02-2023-3821
Cori Crews, John Abernathy, Jimmy Carmenate, Divesh Sharma, Vineeta Sharma
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Stressors–performance relationship in public accounting firms: a quasi-longitudinal study 公共会计师事务所的压力-绩效关系:准纵向研究
IF 2.9 3区 管理学
Managerial Auditing Journal Pub Date : 2024-01-25 DOI: 10.1108/maj-08-2022-3669
Adrien Bonache
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