The performance-trust link: Implications for performance measurement

Public Administration Review

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 114-126

  Yang, Kaifeng ^a   Holzer, Marc ^b,c,d  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d National Center for Public Productivity

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EID: 33645070294     PISSN: 00333352     EISSN: 15406210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2006.00560.x     Document Type: Article

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