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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...