‘Performance’ Without Pay? Managing School Budgets Under Performance Related Pay: Evidence from the First Year of PRP

Financial Accountability and Management

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-75

  Cutler, Tony ^a   Waine, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

financial control in schools; performance management in schools; performance related pay in education; school budget management

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020862120     PISSN: 02674424     EISSN: 14680408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0408.2004.00186.x     Document Type: Article

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