Transforming the public sector: management consultants as agents of change

European Accounting Review

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 523-543

  Lapsley, Irvine ^a   Oldfield, Rosie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33746587360     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713764628     Document Type: Article

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