Strengthening the link between performance measurement and decision making

Public Administration

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 860-878

  Taylor, Jeannette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 80052681342     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2009.01802.x     Document Type: Article

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