Purpose Public sector auditing research has changed rapidly over the past four decades.
This paper aims to reveal how the field has developed and identify avenues for future …

This article gives a short review of recent research on public sector audit, and then
introduces six articles in a special issue on public sector audit in contemporary society …

This article analyses survey data regarding the impact of supreme audit institutions'(SAIs)
performance audit on public administration in four Nordic countries. Regression analysis …

Abstract International pressures on Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) to fight corruption are
increasing. Nevertheless, SAIs lack a clear mandate and may appear ineffective in their …

Performance audit is widespread but contested. The “audit society” proposition holds that
audits are rituals producing comfort, whereas the “mandatory audit” proposition in public …

The implementation of all the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
requires sustainable energy production and consumption; hence the issue of energy …

Combating corruption is an important objective of the United Nations Sustainable
Development Group, with the aim of hel** public institutions to act in the interest of …

Background A lot of research on audit-related services and accountability in the international
and African contexts has been conducted. However, none of those empirical investigations …

Several authors and international organizations have recommended that public sector Audit
Institutions use social media (SM) to communicate with and engage stakeholders, but the …

This article investigates the impact of the audit and ombud process on the implementation of
recommendations made by supreme audit institutions and ombudsmen in Belgium and the …