Performance management: Does it work?

Public Management and Performance: Research Directions

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 207-226

  Boyne, George A ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84923497932     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511760587.009     Document Type: Chapter

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