Freedom or coercion? NPM incentives in New Zealand central government departments

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 247-266

  Newberry, Susan ^a   Pallot, June ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Capability; Capital charge; Government departments; Incentives; New public management; Output pricing; Performance contracts; Retention of surpluses

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444252647     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mar.2004.03.004     Document Type: Article

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