EXAMINING THE PRACTICAL RELEVANCE OF PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING RESEARCH

Financial Accountability and Management

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 213-240

  Van Helden, G Jan ^a,b   Northcott, Deryl ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

communicating research; management accounting; practical relevance; public sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957977128     PISSN: 02674424     EISSN: 14680408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0408.2010.00499.x     Document Type: Article

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