Evaluation in an Age of Indicators: Challenges for Public Sector Management

Evaluation

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 140-148

  Fitz Gibbon, Carol Taylor ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0345373745     PISSN: 13563890     EISSN: 14617153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1358902002008001741     Document Type: Article

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