Top management adoption of a locally driven performance measurement and evaluation system: A social network perspective

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 182-207

  Masquefa, Bertrand ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Performance measurement and evaluation system; Resistance to change; Social networks analysis; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 43049095175     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mar.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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