The adoption of internal audit as a governance control mechanism in Australian public universities - views from the CEOs

This study draws on the multi-theoretical approach to governance and the views of university chief executive officers (CEOs) to examine the extent to which internal auditing as a control mechanism is adopted in Australian public universities under an environment of change management. The findings hi...

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Main Author: Christopher, Joseph
Format: Journal Article
Published: Routledge 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6941
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description This study draws on the multi-theoretical approach to governance and the views of university chief executive officers (CEOs) to examine the extent to which internal auditing as a control mechanism is adopted in Australian public universities under an environment of change management. The findings highlight negative consequences of change and their causal factors for university management to address towards narrowing the current theory-practice gap of internal auditing.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-69412017-09-13T14:38:34Z The adoption of internal audit as a governance control mechanism in Australian public universities - views from the CEOs Christopher, Joseph This study draws on the multi-theoretical approach to governance and the views of university chief executive officers (CEOs) to examine the extent to which internal auditing as a control mechanism is adopted in Australian public universities under an environment of change management. The findings highlight negative consequences of change and their causal factors for university management to address towards narrowing the current theory-practice gap of internal auditing. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6941 10.1080/1360080X.2012.716001 Routledge restricted
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The adoption of internal audit as a governance control mechanism in Australian public universities - views from the CEOs
title The adoption of internal audit as a governance control mechanism in Australian public universities - views from the CEOs
title_full The adoption of internal audit as a governance control mechanism in Australian public universities - views from the CEOs
title_fullStr The adoption of internal audit as a governance control mechanism in Australian public universities - views from the CEOs
title_full_unstemmed The adoption of internal audit as a governance control mechanism in Australian public universities - views from the CEOs
title_short The adoption of internal audit as a governance control mechanism in Australian public universities - views from the CEOs
title_sort adoption of internal audit as a governance control mechanism in australian public universities - views from the ceos
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6941