Performance Management in Public Higher Education: Unintended Consequences and the Implications of Organizational Diversity

Public Performance and Management Review

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 669-695

  Birdsall, Chris ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

higher education; organizations; performance management

Indexed keywords

EID: 85054851846     PISSN: 15309576     EISSN: 15579271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15309576.2018.1481116     Document Type: Article

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