The logics of performance management

Evaluation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 346-363

  Pollitt, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

best practice; cheating; gaming; indicators; performance management; performance paradox; targets; thresholds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885667084     PISSN: 13563890     EISSN: 14617153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356389013505040     Document Type: Article

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