Same reform – different practices?: How regional health enterprises adjust to management control reforms

Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-61

  Nyland, Kari ^a   Johanne Pettersen, Inger ^a   Östergren, Katarina ^a  

^a TRONDHEIM BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Control; Mission statements; Organizational change; Organizational culture; Unintended effects; Value congruence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993102077     PISSN: 18325912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/18325910910932205     Document Type: Article

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