George Drogalas
George Drogalas received a Bachelor Degree from the Department of Business Administration, University of Macedonia (Thessaloniki, Greece) and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Accounting and Auditing from the Department of Business Administration, University of the Aegean (Chios, Greece). He holds a Doctorate in Accounting and Auditing from the Department of Business Administration, University of Macedonia (Thessaloniki, Greece). He is currently an Assistant Professor in the field of Accounting at the Department of Business Administration, University of Macedonia. George Drogalas has published many papers in international journals in the areas of internal audit, audit committees, tax audit and accounting. Finally, he is Certified Internal Controls Auditor (CICA).
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Articles by George Drogalas
The important role of information technology and internal auditing in risk management: evidence from Greece
The authors investigate the value of using information technologies in internal audit, finding that its effective use can help mitigate risks in business operations.
Audit committee characteristics and the audit report lag in Greece
The authors review empirical studies investigating the effect of audit committee characteristics on audit report lag, using Greece as an example. and finding that committee diligence is associated with a shorter report audit lag.
Preventing the unpleasant: fraudulent financial statement detection using financial ratios
In this paper, the authors investigate financial fraud in companies listed on the Athens Stock Exchange during the period 2008–18 and propose a model to detect fraudulent financial statements.
Revisiting the linkage between internal audit function characteristics and internal control quality
This paper revisits the linkage between internal audit function characteristics and internal control quality and proposes a random polynomial model for assessing ICQ.
Critical variables in the implementation of a risk-based internal audit: a theoretical and empirical investigation of Greek companies
This paper investigates the critical variables for the implementation of RBIA in Greek companies and examines the relationship between the above variables and RBIA implementation using data collected by 105 internal auditors, external auditors, directors…