The use of performance measurement systems in the public sector: Effects on performance

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 131-146

  Speklé, Roland F ^a   Verbeeten, Frank H M ^b  

^a NYENRODE BUSINESS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contractibility; New public management; Performance contracting; Performance measurement systems; Public sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899644581     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mar.2013.07.004     Document Type: Article

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