Browsing by Author "Sweeney, Breda"
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Audit quality threatening behaviours: perceptions of auditees
Sweeney, Breda; Pierce, B. (Irish Accounting and Finance Association, 2015)Previous research has found that audit staff engage in audit quality threatening behaviours (QTB). Auditee personnel interact with audit staff during fieldwork, and their perceptions of QTB are reported in this paper. ... -
Embracing paradox and conflict: towards a conceptual model to drive project portfolio ambidexterity
O’Dwyer, Clare; Sweeney, Breda; Cormican, Kathryn (Elsevier BV, 2017-01-01) -
Examining management control systems at middle manager level
Martyn, Patricia (NUI Galway, 2018-10-17)This thesis examines the influence of management control systems (MCS) at middle manager level as they drive change while remaining loyal implementors’ of current strategy (Bryant and Stensaker, 2011). It is well recognised ... -
Examining the role of trust in connecting management controls in big 4 audit firms
Lyons, Ríona (NUI Galway, 2021-01-15)Connections exist between management control (MC) practices in organisations whereby different types of controls are loosely coupled or interdependent (act as complements or substitutes) (e.g., Grabner and Moers, 2013; ... -
Management control in Spanish public hospitals: healthcare accreditation
Vega Pérez, Miguel (2017-04-03)This study examines the operation of a mandatory healthcare accreditation system to achieve a better understanding of how an externally imposed system operates as a management control tool. Adopting a qualitative research ... -
Management control practices and pragmatism
Curtis, Emer; Sweeney, Breda (Emerald, 2023-06-28)Purpose Pragmatism is very relevant to workplace management and performance measurement, yet in the accounting literature, it is a term used loosely and in a colloquial manner. By drawing on a framework based on classical ... -
Managing different types of innovation: Mutual reinforcing management control systems and the generation of dynamic tension
Curtis, Emer; Sweeney, Breda (Taylor & Francis, 2016-11-17)Using a single case study of a highly innovative medical device company engaged in two types of innovation (technological and customer-oriented), this paper examines the nature of the relationship between mutually reinforcing ... -
The paradox of product portfolio ambidexterity: Determinants and consequences
O'Dwyer, Clare R. (NUI Galway, 2021-04-18)Competence ambidexterity and innovation ambidexterity play crucial roles in organisations’ strategic new product innovation activities and their long-term success. Ambidexterity is especially relevant in high technology ... -
Performance measurement systems as generators of cognitive conflict in ambidextrous firms
Bedford, David S.; Bisbe, Josep; Sweeney, Breda (Elsevier, 2018-06-21)This study explores the decision-facilitating role of performance measurement systems (PMSs) in firms attempting to translate competence ambidexterity (i.e., the simultaneous pursuit of exploration and exploitation) into ... -
The relationship between performance measurement systems and organisational ambidexterity
Farrell, Michael (NUI Galway, 2023-09-25)Successful organisational innovation is the cornerstone of continued economic prosperity in developed economies. Researchers frequently categorise organisational innovation based on the level of exploitation and ... -
Simons' levers of control framework: Commensuration within and of the framework
Curtis, Emer; Lillis, Anne M.; Sweeney, Breda (2017)Abstract Purpose Despite extensive adoption of Simons’ Levers of Control (LoC) framework, there is still considerable diversity in its operationalization which impedes the coherent development of the literature and ... -
Strategy and control: 25 years of empirical use of simons’ levers of control framework
Martyn, Patricia; Sweeney, Breda; Curtis, Emer (Emerald, 2016-09-05)Purpose - Tremendous change has taken place in organisational structures, networks and strategy over the past 25 years. Yet, a strategic management framework developed 25 years ago has increased in popularity among researchers ...