...Paul D. Ahn; Kerry Jacobs Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand how and why accountants who moved from accounting firms to public service adapted their identities to reduce insecurity. The literature on accountant identity highlights insecurity caused by promotion criterion...

... Management control Network governance Public service The study introduces two types of management and control mechanisms available to the network enterprise: self-regulating mechanisms (e.g. transfer prices) and orchestrating mechanisms (e.g. strategizing). While self-regulating mechanisms ensure...