Accountability via performance measurement: The case of child protection services

Australian Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 48-61

  Tilbury, Clare ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 33748506334     PISSN: 03136647     EISSN: 14678500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8500.2006.00493a.x     Document Type: Article

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