Emerald Article: Agency Theory and the Internal Audit
Michael B. Adams
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To cite this document: Michael B. Adams, (1994),"Agency Theory and the Internal Audit", Managerial Auditing Journal, Vol. 9 Iss:
8 pp. 8 - 12
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Agency theory can provide for richer and more meaningful research in the internal audit discipline. Agency Theory and the
Internal Audit
Michael B. Adams
Managerial Auditing Journal, Vol. 9 No. 8, 1994, pp. 8-12
© MCB University Press, 0268-6902
The literature is replete with studies that have used
Citations: Managerial Auditing Journal, Vol. 9 No. 8, 1994, pp. 8-12 © MCB University Press, 0268-6902