Interpreting Performance Information: Motivated Reasoning or Unbiased Comprehension

Public Administration Review

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 73-82

  Baekgaard, Martin ^a   Serritzlew, Søren ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 84931077293     PISSN: 00333352     EISSN: 15406210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/puar.12406     Document Type: Article

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