The impact of management on administrative and survey measures of organizational performance

Public Management Review

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 227-255

  Andrews, Rhys ^a   Boyne, George ^a   Walker, Richard ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Literature review; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952016536     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2010.532968     Document Type: Article

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