Impact of goal clarity on perceived benefits of performance measurement

This study investigates the role of goal clarity of public sector organizations on the perceived benefitsof performance measurement. Basically middle managers (17 - 21 grades) of 12 public sectororganizations involved in plan implementation and decision making executors were selected. For thisstudy, goal clarity was termed as independent variable and perceived benefits of efficiency andeffectiveness as dependent variables. The results show that goal clarity had positive relationship withperceived benefit of efficiency and effectiveness.