How to measure public administration performance: A conceptual model with applications for budgeting, human resources management, and open government

Public Performance and Management Review

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 489-508

  Van Dooren, Wouter ^a   De Caluwe, Chiara ^a   Lonti, Zsuzsanna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development   (Belgium)

Author keywords

budgeting; human resources management; open government; public administration performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864958365     PISSN: 15309576     EISSN: 15579271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/PMR1530-9576350306     Document Type: Conference Paper

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