Putting the cart before the horse: Accountability or performance?

Australian Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 68, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Chan, Hon S ^a   Gao, Jie ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Accountability; China; Performance measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 62249192111     PISSN: 03136647     EISSN: 14678500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8500.2009.00621.x     Document Type: Article

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