'All they lack is a chain': Lean and the new performance management in the British civil service

New Technology, Work and Employment

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 83-97

  Carter, Bob ^a   Danford, Andy ^b   Howcroft, Debra ^c   Richardson, Helen ^d   Smith, Andrew ^e   Taylor, Phil ^f  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CIVIL SERVICE; EMPLOYMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC SPENDING; WORKING CONDITIONS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79959552565     PISSN: 02681072     EISSN: 1468005X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-005X.2011.00261.x     Document Type: Article

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