This paper examines the way in which management accounting practices in a government trading enterprise (GTE) changed in conjunction with the changes in the organisation's goals, structure and culture when the organisation was undergoing public sector reforms. Data for the study were gathered...

This paper examines the way in which management accounting practices in a government trading enterprise (GTE) changed in conjunction with the changes in the organisation's goals, structure and culture when the organisation was undergoing public sector reforms. Data for the study were gathered...

This paper uses a stakeholder approach to examine how the role of accounting and the status of accountants changed over a 30 year period (1970 to 2000) in a major Australian government trading enterprise. Data are gathered from semi‐structured interviews with organizational participants and...