Comparing schools in the U.K. and New Zealand: Individualizing and socializing accountabilities and some implications for management control

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 339-361

  Broadbent, Jane ^a   Jacobs, Kerry ^b   Laughlin, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; management control; relevance; schools; performance evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001485894     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mare.1999.0113     Document Type: Article

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