Goals, Trust, Participation, and Feedback: Linking Internal Management with Performance Outcomes

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 327-343

  Favero, Nathan ^a   Meier, Kenneth J ^a,b   O'Toole, Laurence J ^c,d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84964639426     PISSN: 10531858     EISSN: 14779803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jopart/muu044     Document Type: Conference Paper

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