Improving audit effectiveness /

Audit committees (ACs) are a powerful tool in effective corporate governance. This study examines the functioning of ACs in Bahrain from the responses of 30 companies listed on the Bahrain stock exchange. Data were collected from questionnaires from companies and the audit firms. The study primarily...

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Other Authors: Vinten, Gerald
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bradford, England : Emerald Group Pub., 2004
Series:Managerial auditing journal ; v. 19, no. 7.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Abstracts and keywords; A study of the audit committees' functioning in Bahrain Empirical findings; A quality self-assessment model; The ability of analytical procedures to signal transaction errors; International knowledge, skills, and abilities of auditors/accountants Evidence from recent competency studies; Audit expectation gap The case of Malaysia; Environmental management and auditing systems The reality of environmental self-regulation; An examination of the relationship between internal and external audit in the Saudi Arabian corporate sector
  • Antecedents and consequences of organizational commitment to accounting organizationsFactors contributing to auditor-change decisions in Malta; News items