The Design and Execution of Performance Management Systems at State Level: A Comparative Analysis of Italy and Malaysia

International Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 744-755

  Bianchi, Carmine ^a   Xavier, John Antony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Institutions; legislation; performance management; public administration paradigm; public management reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 84980047861     PISSN: 01900692     EISSN: 15324265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2016.1191034     Document Type: Article

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