Performance Management in the Public Sector: The Ultimate Challenge

Financial Accountability and Management

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-22

  Arnaboldi, Michela ^a   Lapsley, Irvine ^b   Steccolini, Ileana ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Bocconi School of Management   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complexity; Employee impacts; Management challenges; Performance management; Public services

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939428934     PISSN: 02674424     EISSN: 14680408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/faam.12049     Document Type: Article

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