The diffusion of accounting practices in the new "managerial" public sector

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 16, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 359-372

  Jackson, Audrey ^a   Lapsley, Irvine ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounting policy; Diffusion; Public sector accounting; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC SECTOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0042090528     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513550310489304     Document Type: Article

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