Budgetary control and the labour force: Findings from a survey of large British companies

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-23

  Armstrong, Peter ^a   Marginson, Paul ^b   Edwards, Paul ^b   Purcell, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Budgets; Industrial relations; Management accounting; Management control

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030097919     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mare.1996.0001     Document Type: Review

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