A conceptual development of Simons' Levers of Control framework

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 171-185

  Tessier, Sophie ^a   Otley, David ^b  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Framework; Levers of control; Management control literature; Management control systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864988982     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mar.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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