Learning from performance feedback: Performance information, aspiration levels, and managerial priorities

Public Administration

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 142-160

  Nielsen, Poul Aaes ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRIORITIZATION; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84896493218     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/padm.12050     Document Type: Article

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