A case study of the performance management system in a Malaysian government linked company

Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 243-276

  Bell, Jan ^a   Hoque, Zahirul ^a   Norhayati, M A ^a   Siti Nabiha, A K ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Accounting; Budgetary control; Higher education; Indonesia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993053992     PISSN: 18325912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/18325910910963454     Document Type: Article

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