Distinctive research patterns on public sector performance measurement of public administration and accounting disciplines

Public Management Review

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 641-651

  van Helden, G Jan ^a   Johnsen, Åge ^a   Vakkuri, Jarmo ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Accounting; Performance measurement; Public administration; Research patterns

Indexed keywords

EID: 53249113359     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719030802264366     Document Type: Article

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