Accounting and public sector reforms: A study of a continuously evolving governmental agency in Australia

Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 237-268

  Mir, Monir Zaman ^a   Rahaman, Abu Shiraz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accounting; Australia; Organizational change; Public sector reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147113702     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513570710741019     Document Type: Article

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