Organizational report cards: Significant impact or much ado about nothing?

Public Administration Review

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 90-100

  Coe, Charles K ^a   Brunet, James R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33645092665     PISSN: 00333352     EISSN: 15406210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2006.00558.x     Document Type: Article

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