Background
Based on an extensive literature review concerning performance evaluation, measures
and related implementation issues (Gomes et al., 2004b), two distinct themes emerged.
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The first theme may be labeled as the “universal” theme. The second theme, on the
other hand, may be labeled as the “contingency” theme.