Internal audit in the federal government organizations of Malaysia: The good, the bad and the very ugly?

• Main Authors: Md Ali, Azham, Saidin, Siti Zabedah, Sahdan, Mohd Hadafi, Harun Rasit, Mohd Hadzrami, Rahim, Mohd Syahrir, Gloeck, J. Dieter
• Format: Article
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: HF5601 Accounting
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/18118/; http://doi.org/10.7718/iamure.v3i1.73
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

Theoretically, the internal audit function exists to help members of an organization to improve the performance of their activities. But the findings from in-depth interviews conducted in the middle of 2004 with internal auditors from a total of 40 federal government ministries, departments and agen...