Performance indicators in academia: An X-efficiency approach?

Australian Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 71-82

  Taylor, Jeanette ^a   Taylor, Ranald ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0041566981     PISSN: 03136647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8497.00326     Document Type: Article

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