A NATIONAL ASSESSMENT PROJECT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND PRELIMINARY FINDINGS FROM ISRAEL From: Public Administration Quarterly | Date: October 1, 2004| Author: Yuval, Fany; Vigoda, Eran | Copyright Southern Public Administration Education Foundation Fall 2004/Winter 2005. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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This paper reports on a new venture for the study of public sector performance and on its implementation in Israel. The Israeli study is part of the "European Assessment Project of Public Administration" (EAPPA) that is aimed at a cross-cultural and cross-sectional examination of public administration agencies in various European countries using attitudinal-behavioral methods and tools. A sample of 345 citizens was used to assess the performance of the Israeli public administr...

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