Accountability, responsibility and organization

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 251-273

  Lindkvist, Lars ^a   Llewellyn, Sue ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; Organization form; Responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037409048     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-5221(02)00027-1     Document Type: Article

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