Impact of competing accountability requirements on perceived work performance

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 100-118

  Kim, Seok Eun ^a   Lee, Jung Wook ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT SPRINGFIELD   (United States)

Author keywords

Competing accountability; Compliance; Nonprofit agencies; Work performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 70749116638     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: 15523357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0275074008329469     Document Type: Article

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