Muddled, massaging, manœuvring or manipulated?: A typology of organisational gaming

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 316-328

  Radnor, Zoe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Performance measures; Public sector organizations; Targets

Indexed keywords

EID: 43049135547     PISSN: 17410401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410400810867526     Document Type: Article

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