| Why measure performance? Different purposes require different measures RD Behn Public administration review 63 (5), 586-606, 2003 | 2938 | 2003 |
| Rethinking democratic accountability RD Behn Brookings Institution Press, 2001 | 2397 | 2001 |
| The big questions of public management RD Behn Public administration review, 313-324, 1995 | 875 | 1995 |
| The new public management paradigm and the search for democratic accountability RD Behn International Public Management Journal 1 (2), 131-164, 1998 | 426 | 1998 |
| Management by groping along RD Behn Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 7 (4), 643-663, 1988 | 336 | 1988 |
| Leadership counts: Lessons for public managers from the Massachusetts welfare, training, and employment program R Behn Harvard University Press, 2009 | 334 | 2009 |
| Strategies for avoiding the pitfalls of performance contracting RD Behn, PA Kant Public Productivity & Management Review, 470-489, 1999 | 332 | 1999 |
| What right do public managers have to lead? RD Behn Public Administration Review, 209-224, 1998 | 312 | 1998 |
| Quick analysis for busy decision makers: using quick analysis to make personal, business, and governmental decisions when time is short and information limited RD Behn, JW Vaupel Basic Books, 1982 | 305 | 1982 |
| The psychological barriers to performance management: Or why isn’t everyone jumping on the performance-management bandwagon? RD Behn Public Performance & Management Review 26 (1), 5-25, 2002 | 291 | 2002 |
| O novo paradigma da gestão pública e a busca da accountability democrática RD Behn Escola Nacional de Administração Pública (ENAP), 1998 | 236 | 1998 |
| How to terminate a public policy: A dozen hints for the would-be terminator RD Behn Policy Analysis, 393-413, 1978 | 215 | 1978 |
| Leadership for cut-back management: The use of corporate strategy RD Behn Public Administration Review 40 (6), 613-620, 1980 | 211 | 1980 |
| The PerformanceStat potential: A leadership strategy for producing results RD Behn Brookings Institution Press, 2014 | 187 | 2014 |
| Innovation in American government: Challenges, opportunities, and dilemmas A Altshuler, RD Behn Brookings Institution Press, 2010 | 185 | 2010 |
| Policy analysis and policy politics RD Behn Policy Analysis, 199-226, 1981 | 150 | 1981 |
| Cutback budgeting RD Behn Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 4 (2), 155-177, 1985 | 111 | 1985 |
| The varieties of CitiStat MA Abramson, RD Behn Public Administration Review 66 (3), 332-340, 2006 | 104 | 2006 |
| Performance leadership: 11 better practices that can ratchet up performance RD Behn The Business of Government 85, 2004 | 96 | 2004 |
| Closing a government facility RD Behn Public Administration Review 38 (4), 332-338, 1978 | 89 | 1978 |
