Taxing times: Lean working and the creation of (in)efficiencies in hm revenue and customs

Public Administration

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-97

  Carter, Bob ^a   Danford, Andy ^b   Howcroft, Debra ^c,d   Richardson, Helen ^e   Smith, Andrew ^f   Taylor, Phil ^g  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC REFORM; PUBLIC SECTOR;

EID: 84875682663     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2012.02073.x     Document Type: Article

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