Mukoro, D. O. and Faboyede, Olusola Samuel and Eziamaka, Chioma Blessing (2014) -THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FORENSIC ACCOUNTANTS IN STRENGTHENING INTERNAL CONTROL OF BUISNESS ORGANIZATIONS IN NIGERIA (A STUDY OF SELECTED BUISNESS ORGANIZATIONS IN NIGERIA). In: Bharati Vidyapeeth's Journal of Management Research, Goa India.
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Abstract
The research work examined the effectiveness of forensic accountants in strengthening internal control of business organizations in Nigeria. Companies were chosen due to the important role they play in increasing the level of economic activity. The study aimed at investigating how fraud can be managed and handled in business organizations. The research work is a survey research and the sampling technique employed was the purposive sampling with a sample of jive companies that was selected. A total of 100 copies of questionnaire were distributed to the staff of the selected business organizations. The data collected were analyzed using Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS). All the hypotheses were tested using Regression Analysis. The results of the empirical findings showed that internal control and its components play a significant role in controlling fraud in business organizations. it is recommended that internal control should be undertaken with effective continuous monitoring of the controls and companies should be stricter with compliance to control procedures.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | forensic accountant, internal control, sampling techniques, regression analysis |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HF Commerce > HF5601 Accounting |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Mrs Hannah Akinwumi |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Mar 2015 00:35 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Mar 2015 00:35 |
| URI: | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/3846 |
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