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Journal overview

Public Performance & Management Review (PPMR) is a leading peer-reviewed academic journal that addresses a broad array of influential factors on the performance of public and nonprofit organizations. Its objectives are to:

  • Advance theories on public governance, public management, and public performance;
  • Facilitate the development of innovative techniques and to encourage a wider application of those already established;
  • Stimulate research and critical thinking about the relationship between public and private management theories;
  • Present integrated analyses of theories, concepts, strategies, and techniques dealing with performance, measurement, and related questions of organizational efficacy; and
  • Provide a forum for practitioner-academic exchange.

Continuing themes include, but are not limited to: managing for results, measuring and evaluating performance, designing accountability systems, improving budget strategies, managing human resources, building partnerships, facilitating citizen participation, applying new technologies, and improving public sector services and outcomes.

Published since 1975, Public Performance & Management Review is a highly respected journal, receiving international ranking. Scholars and practitioners recognize it as a leading journal in the field of public administration.

Public Performance & Management Review is cosponsored by the Section on Public Performance and Management (SPPM) of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), the National Center for Public Performance at Suffolk University's Institute for Public Service, and Renmin University of China.

Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106

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