The closing date for papers for ISAR 2009 will be on 15 January 2009. A formal Call for Papers will be made later in 2008. This CFP for ISAR 2008 provides guidance for submissions to ISAR 2009.
Call for Papers-ISAR 2008
25th Celebration of the Audit Judgment Symposium and ISAR
International Symposium on Audit Research
Pasadena (Los Angeles), USA
30 and 31 May, 2008
The 14th Annual International Symposium on Audit Research (ISAR) will be hosted by the Leventhal School of Accounting, University of Southern California on 30 and 31 May, 2008 in Pasadena (Los Angeles), USA. ISAR is jointly organized by the University of Southern California (USA), Universiteit Maastricht (Netherlands), Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), and the University of New South Wales (Australia) and is sponsored by KPMG. The symposium will be held at the Westin Pasadena and follows the USC SEC and Financial Reporting Conference, held on the 29th of May.
ISAR has its origins in the Audit Judgment Symposium hosted by the University of Southern California from 1983 until 1994. ISAR 2008 celebrates 25 years of support for auditing research through the audit Judgment Symposium, the Maastricht Audit Research symposium and for more than a decade, the International Symposium on Audit Research.
Scope of Topics
The scope of ISAR is intended to be broad and includes research papers and panels that deal with all aspects of internal and external auditing, attestation and assurance. Papers that utilize any of a broad range of research methodologies will be considered.
Submission of Papers
To be eligible for presentation, manuscripts must follow the style guidelines of Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory. Please pay particular attention to the format and length requirements - manuscripts should not exceed 7,000 words or approximately 18-25 double-spaced pages including tables, figures and references. Please submit a single document which includes author(s) affiliation(s), the contact author's email address, an abstract and keywords. Accepted papers will not be published in formal proceedings and thus may be submitted to any appropriate journal.
Paper Submission Deadline and Requirements
Papers should be submitted electronically in Adobe Acrobat or Word formats. Papers and, where appropriate, related research instruments must be received by XXX and should be sent to: papers@isarhq.org.
Further Information
If you have questions about paper submission or early registration for the Symposium, please email to admin@isarhq.org Further information concerning ISAR is available at www.isarhq.org.
