Role of the Auditor General in Public Accountability: Some Issues Book

	Title Page	i
	Certification	ii
	Abstract	iii
	Acknowl Edgements	iv
	Table of Contents	v
	Glossary of Terms	viii
Chapter 1	Introduction and Objectives	1
1.1	Introduction	2
1.2	The Problem	3
1.3	Key Concepts	7
1.4	The Significance of the Problem	9
1.5	Research Questions	12
1.6	Research Methodology and Statistical Analysis	12
1.7	Tentative Conclusions	13
1.8	Implications of Results	14
1.9	Limitations of the Study	16
Chapter 2	The Accountability Concept and the Auditor-General in Australia	18
2.1	Introduction	19
2.2	Discussion of Concepts	19
2.3	Accountability	23
2.4	The JCPA Report and Independent Auditor's Report	24
2.51	The JCPA in Detail	28
2.52	The Independent Auditor's Report in Detail	29
2.6	Resources	31
2.7	Conclusions	40
Chapter 3	Research Methodology	49
3.1	Introduction	50
3.2	Data Collection	50
3.3	Research Design	51
3.4	Research Methodology	52
3.5	The Probit Model	56
3.6	Data	58
3.7	Conclusions	58
Chapter 4	Analysis and Interpretation of Results	65
4.1	Introduction	66
4.2	The Results and Interpretation	67
4.3	The Conclusions	72
Chapter 5	Summary and Conclusions	73
5.1	Introduction	74
5.2	Study Summarized	74
5.3	Overall Implications	75
5.4	Contributions Made	75
5.5	Limitations of the Study	76
5.6	Recommendations for Future Research	77
	Appendices
Appendix 1.1	Organisational Structure of the Nsw Auditor-General's Office	17
Appendix 2.1	Relationship Among Relevant Concepts	42
Appendix 2.2	Recommendations of the JCPA Report 296: Relative Area and Relevance to this Research	43
Appendix 2.3	JCPA Recommendations Relevant to this Research	44
Appendix 2.4	Observations Made by the Independent Auditor	47
Appendix 2.5	Changes in Iegislation	48
Appendix 3.1	List of Auditees Used in Sample	62
	Bibliography	78