The role of consultant-researchers in the design and implementation process of a programme budget in a local government organization

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 56-64

  Ter Bogt, Henk J ^a   Van Helden, G Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consultant researchers; Institutional theory; Local government; Management accounting change

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951580008     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mar.2010.10.006     Document Type: Article

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