When complexity meets culture: New public management and the Swedish police

Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management

Volumn 6, Issue , 2009, Pages 41-56

  Andersson, Thomas ^a   Tengblad, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Control; Police; Public administration; Public sector organizations; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993086754     PISSN: 11766093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/11766090910940656     Document Type: Article

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