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target gaming: a standalone construct

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Public administration

strategic behavior by managers to hit performance targets on paper while undermining the outcomes the targets were meant to measure.

In public administration, target gaming refers to strategic behavior by managers to hit performance targets on paper while undermining the outcomes the targets were meant to measure. This meaning comes from Bevan (2006) in Public Administration.[1]

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References

Bevan, G., & Hood, C. (2006). What’s Measured Is What Matters: Targets and Gaming in the English Public Health Care System. Public Administration, 84(3), 517-538. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9299.2006.00600.x

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