Decoupling managerial audit: Evidence from the local authority children's homes sector

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 338-350

  Kitchener, Martin ^a   Kirkpatrick, Ian ^a   Whipp, Richard ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Managerial audit; Public administration; Resistance; Social services

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141664440     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513559910282830     Document Type: Article

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