"Mind the gap, please": Using public value theory to examine executive take-up of results-based management

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-36

  Try, David ^a  

^a Northwest Community College   (Canada)

Author keywords

Performance management; Public sector organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 37749035071     PISSN: 17410401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410400810841218     Document Type: Article

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