'Passionate and professional': reconciling logics in public service accounting
'Passionate and professional': reconciling logics in public service accounting
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“热情与专业”:协调公共服务会计的逻辑
DOI:
10.1080/09540962.2017.1386937
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发表时间:
2017
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
Butler C
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作者:
Butler C
In order to deliver public value, the UK government sought to build relationships and connect ‘the public’ with public servants (including back-office workers), but with what effect? Drawing on interviews with public service accountants, the authors found that how these accountants conceptualized ‘the public’—as society or people—shaped whether public value was considered as a monetary or moral concept. Accountants who regarded the public as people spoke of an improper level of involvement and struggled to maintain their professionalism.