Imagined promises versus real challenges to public performance management

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-40

  Halachmi, Arie ^a,b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; Governance; Performance measures; Resource management

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649720059     PISSN: 17410401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410401111094295     Document Type: Article

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