Coping with ambiguity: Reconciling external legitimacy and organizational implementation in performance measurement

Public Money and Management

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 13-20

  Lawton, Alan ^a   McKevitt, David ^b   Millar, Michelle ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

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EID: 0347372775     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: 14679302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00218     Document Type: Article

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