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Effect of Budget Participation, Clarity of Budget Objectives, Budgetary Feedback, Budget Evaluation, and Difficulty of Budget Objectives on Performance of Government Agency Units (Study on Banda Aceh City Government, Aceh, Indonesia)
Husni Hamid, Nadirsyah, Heru Pahlevi, Muslim A Djalil
East African Scholars J Econ Bus Manag, 2020; 3(6):494-499.
10.36349/EASJEBM.2020.v03i06.004
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