A Special Breed?– A Longitudinal and Cross-Sectional Study of Norwegian Budgeting and Financial Civil Servants
- Forfatter
- Christensen, Tom and Per Lægreid
- Årstall
- 2012
- Utgiver
- Financial Accountability & Management Volume 28, Issue 1, pages 101–120, February 2012
- Publikasjonstype:
- Tidsskriftsartikkel
- Antall sider:
- 19
- ISSN-nummer:
- 1468-0408
- Publiseringsspråk:
- Engelsk
- Land publikasjonen kommer fra:
- Norge
- NSD-referanse:
- 3042
- Disse opplysningene er sist endret:
- 19/5 2014
Horisontal dimensjon
- Departement
Sammendrag
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.