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Questioning performance measurement: metrics, organizations and power

by Guy Redden, London, Sage, 2019, 152 pp., £45 (hardcover), ISBN 978-1526461858, £16.79 (ebook), ISBN 9781526462879

Melissa HawkinsNorthumbria University, Newcastle, UK, [email protected]
Pages 769-772 | Published online: 18 Jul 2019

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