Author： Comunale Christie L Sexton Thomas R Gara Stephen C
Publisher： Emerald Group Publishing Ltd
ISSN： 0268-6902
Source： Managerial Auditing Journal, Vol.18, Iss.2, 2003-01, pp. : 128-133
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Abstract
The efficiency and the effectiveness of the audit depend in part on the efficiency and the effectiveness of the client inquiry process. This paper presents a model that helps auditors to understand the stages of the client inquiry process and the factors that influence its reliability. The model serves to illuminate the client inquiry process and thereby assist auditors in evaluating the evidence thus obtained. Our model is a multistage communication channel that connects reality, the client's perception of reality, the client's representation of reality, the auditor's perception of reality, and the auditor's representation of reality. Distortions of reality occur between adjacent stages as the result of the subjectivity, technical incompetence, untrustworthiness, and poor presentation skills of either the client or the auditor. We discuss our model in the context of the analytical review task.
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