01198pab a2200169 454500008004000000100002200040245011100062260000900173300001500182362000800197520069500205650001500900650002600915650001300941700002300954773005100977180718b2010   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aMussari, Riccardo  aPublic managers' performance evaluation systems and public value creation: Behavioral and economic aspects  c2010  ap.541-548.  aSep  aIn Western countries over the last two decades personnel management has been one of the areas of greatest innovation within the management reform process. Managerial staff in PAs has been given the power and the responsibility to operate as entrepreneurs in relation to subjects operating within their "sphere of responsibility."  Throughout 2009 the Italian Minister of Public Service has made a significant effort to get the Government to approve a law intended to substantially reform the system for evaluating managerial staff. The results of his/her efforts have been analyzed, considering that he/she tried to be coherent with remarks made in the most recent literature. - Reproduced.  aMotivation  aPerformance appraisal  aManagers  aRuggiero, Pasquale  aInternational Journal of Public Administration