Staff perceptions of variables affecting performance in human service organizations

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 971-990

  Packard, Thomas ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

human service; management capacity; organizational performance measurement; program capacity

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649289352     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764009342896     Document Type: Article

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