Public Opinion and Public Sector Performance: Are Individuals’ Beliefs About Performance Evidence-Based or the Product of Anti–Public Sector Bias?

International Public Management Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 209-227

  Marvel, John D ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84931365620     PISSN: 10967494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10967494.2014.996627     Document Type: Article

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