What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Law
- Accounting
- Management
His primary scientific interests are in Accounting, New public management, Public sector, Management accounting and Public administration.
Irvine Lapsley has researched Accounting in several fields, including Modernity, Health care and Credibility.
While working in this field, Irvine Lapsley studies both New public management and Context.
The concepts of his Public sector study are interwoven with issues in Performance management, Public relations, Government, Public policy and Economic sector.
His Management accounting study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Accounting information system, Accounting management and Positive accounting.
His Public administration research integrates issues from Management process, Private sector, Key and Audit.
His most cited work include:
- New Public Management: The Cruellest Invention of the Human Spirit?1 (341 citations)
- THE NPM AGENDA: BACK TO THE FUTURE (332 citations)
- Accounting and the New Public Management: Instruments of Substantive Efficiency or a Rationalising Modernity? (321 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His main research concerns Accounting, Public sector, Public administration, Public relations and New public management.
His research ties Politics and Accounting together.
In his study, which falls under the umbrella issue of Public sector, Economic policy is strongly linked to Economic sector.
His research investigates the connection with Public administration and areas like Modernization theory which intersect with concerns in State.
Much of his study explores Public relations relationship to Action.
His studies in Accounting information system integrate themes in fields like Health care and Process.
He most often published in these fields:
- Accounting (38.38%)
- Public sector (21.08%)
- Public administration (20.54%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2012-2021)?
- Public sector (21.08%)
- Accounting (38.38%)
- Public administration (20.54%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Irvine Lapsley mainly focuses on Public sector, Accounting, Public administration, Government and Public relations.
His studies deal with areas such as Performance management, Political economy, Conservatism, Economic policy and Performance measurement as well as Public sector.
He interconnects Local government, Corporate governance and Process in the investigation of issues within Accounting.
His research integrates issues of Modernization theory and New public management in his study of Public administration.
His Government study incorporates themes from Positive accounting, Discretion and Austerity, Politics.
The Public relations study combines topics in areas such as Public sector accounting and Action.
Between 2012 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Performance Management in the Public Sector: The Ultimate Challenge (151 citations)
- New Public Management: The Story Continues (75 citations)
- Accounting, transparency and governance: the heritage assets problem (33 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Law
- Management
- Accounting
Irvine Lapsley mainly investigates Public sector, Government, Accounting, Public administration and Public relations.
Irvine Lapsley works in the field of Public sector, focusing on New public management in particular.
Irvine Lapsley combines subjects such as Accounting information system, Discretion, Accrual and Participant observation with his study of Government.
His research in Accounting intersects with topics in Democratic accountability, Parliament, Corporate governance and Process.
His work carried out in the field of Public administration brings together such families of science as Accountability and Action.
His Public relations research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Pluralism and Public sector accounting.
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