What does appropriate performance reporting for political decision makers require?: Empirical evidence from Switzerland

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 480-497

  Brun, Mathias E ^a   Siegel, John Philipp ^b  

^a Department of Finance ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Performance (public administration); Performance appraisal; Public administration; Reports; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746335017     PISSN: 17410401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410400610682505     Document Type: Review

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