From performance measurement to learning: A new source of government overload?

International Review of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 597-614

  Lewis, Jenny M ^a   Triantafillou, Peter ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

accountability; learning; new public management; overload; performance measurement

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; COMPLIANCE; LEARNING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84871520025     PISSN: 00208523     EISSN: 14617226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020852312455993     Document Type: Article

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