Uses of Management Control Tools in the Public Healthcare Sector

Nicolas Petit () and Gulliver Lux ()
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Nicolas Petit: Renmin University of China
Gulliver Lux: University du Québec à Montréal-UQAM

Public Organization Review, 2020, vol. 20, issue 3, No 2, 459-475

Abstract: Abstract This study focuses on identifying the specific uses of management control tools in public organizations. This research is based on interviews with managers from 43 organizations in the healthcare sector. Data was analyzed and interpreted through the methodology proposed by Gioia et al. Organizational research methods, 16(1), 15-31, (2013). The different uses specified by managers of these organizations were compared with Henri’s work Accounting, organizations and society, 31(1), 77-103, (2006). Findings show matching elements, as well as differences in public sector specificities. This study ends with a discussion about the non-use of existing tools, the multi-uses of tools and the observable dichotomy between political and management uses.

Keywords: Tools; Use; Role; Healthcare sector (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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