Perversity in public service performance measurement

Business Performance Measurement: Unifying Theories and Integrating Practice, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 408-430

  Pidd, Mike ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84922607036     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511805097.024     Document Type: Chapter

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