Performance accountability in the un secretariat - the conflictual way toward more flexibility

Public Administration and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 352-361

  Balint, Tim ^a   Schernbeck, Sarah ^a   Schneider, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accountability; International organizations; Performance management; Reform; United Nations

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPOWERMENT; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 70749125908     PISSN: 02712075     EISSN: 1099162X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pad.548     Document Type: Article

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