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Christensen, Tom and Per Lægreid (2012):

A Special Breed?– A Longitudinal and Cross-Sectional Study of Norwegian Budgeting and Financial Civil Servants

Financial Accountability & Management Volume 28, Issue 1, pages 101–120, February 2012

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Type of publication:

Tidsskriftsartikkel

Link to publication:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-0408.2011.00538.x/full

Link to review:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-0408.2011.00538.x/abstract

Number of pages:

19

ISSN:

1468-0408

Language of publication:

Engelsk

Country of publication:

Norge

NSD-reference:

3042

This page was last updated:

19/5 2014

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Summary:

This paper focuses on civil servants in the central Norwegian civil service whose main tasks are budgeting, supervision and accounting. The main research questions are: (a) What is their typical demographic profile? (b) How has their demographic profile changed over time? (c) What are the effects of having budgeting, supervising and accounting as a main task on civil servants’ attitudes and behaviour? The main findings are that they have a specific profile. There are significant differences between ministries and central agencies as well as changes over time and also marked differences with other civil servants regarding their attitudes and behavior.