A study of the informal interactions between audit committees and internal auditors in Australia

This paper finds evidence for the growing importance of informal interactions between the internal audit function and the audit committee (AC) in Australia – a relatively unexplored topic in the literature – using a survey of Chief Audit Executives (CAEs). It also describes the nature of these infor...

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Main Authors: Sarens, Gerrit, Christopher, Joseph, Zaman, Mahbub
Format: Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47868
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description This paper finds evidence for the growing importance of informal interactions between the internal audit function and the audit committee (AC) in Australia – a relatively unexplored topic in the literature – using a survey of Chief Audit Executives (CAEs). It also describes the nature of these informal interactions. The most innovative elements of this paper are the findings that certain personal characteristics of CAEs, the specific knowledge and expertise of the AC chair, as well as some of the AC chair’s personal characteristics are associated with the existence (and increase) of informal interactions.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-478682017-09-13T14:17:43Z A study of the informal interactions between audit committees and internal auditors in Australia Sarens, Gerrit Christopher, Joseph Zaman, Mahbub This paper finds evidence for the growing importance of informal interactions between the internal audit function and the audit committee (AC) in Australia – a relatively unexplored topic in the literature – using a survey of Chief Audit Executives (CAEs). It also describes the nature of these informal interactions. The most innovative elements of this paper are the findings that certain personal characteristics of CAEs, the specific knowledge and expertise of the AC chair, as well as some of the AC chair’s personal characteristics are associated with the existence (and increase) of informal interactions. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47868 10.1111/auar.12024 Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia restricted
spellingShingle Sarens, Gerrit
Christopher, Joseph
Zaman, Mahbub
A study of the informal interactions between audit committees and internal auditors in Australia
title A study of the informal interactions between audit committees and internal auditors in Australia
title_full A study of the informal interactions between audit committees and internal auditors in Australia
title_fullStr A study of the informal interactions between audit committees and internal auditors in Australia
title_full_unstemmed A study of the informal interactions between audit committees and internal auditors in Australia
title_short A study of the informal interactions between audit committees and internal auditors in Australia
title_sort study of the informal interactions between audit committees and internal auditors in australia
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47868