Performance auditing, new public management and performance improvement: Questions and answers

Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 92-102

  Leeuw, Frans L ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0001772768     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513579610116385     Document Type: Review

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