Reporting performance information in the public sector: The moral behind the (non)application of program budgeting in Greece

International Review of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 619-636

  Cohen, Sandra ^a   Karatzimas, Sotiris ^a  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Performance budgeting; Performance information; Program budgeting; Public sector accounting

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PLANNING THEORY; PUBLIC SECTOR; THEORETICAL STUDY;

GREECE;

EID: 84927771961     PISSN: 00208523     EISSN: 14617226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020852313517998     Document Type: Article

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