This paper develops a performativist metaphysical grounding of NPM-based performance measurement as a radical alternative to a representationalist grounding, an alternative that turns performance measurement on its head. Performance measurement turns from an act of representation characterized by a metaphor of reflection into an ethical practice of mattering characterized by a metaphor of diffraction. In performativism, performance measurement does not (imperfectly) represent performance as a base for knowing and intervention from afar (both in terms of space and time) but is somehow performative of who and what come to count in the world. Its exclusionary character makes it an inherently ethical practice. We contrast a performativist grounding of performance measurement with a representationalist grounding and rework concepts of responsibility and accountability. We illustrate a performativist grounding of performance measurement with examples from academia and healthcare and provide a direction for future research.

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颠覆绩效衡量：从绩效衡量到衡量绩效

本文提出了基于 NPM 的绩效衡量的表演主义形而上学基础，作为表征主义基础的根本替代方案，这是一种彻底改变绩效衡量的替代方案。绩效衡量从以反思隐喻为特征的表征行为转变为以衍射隐喻为特征的伦理实践。在表演主义中，绩效衡量并不（不完美地）将绩效表示为远程了解和干预的基础（无论是在空间还是时间方面），而是以某种方式表现出谁和什么重要。在世界上。它的排他性使其成为一种本质上道德的做法。我们将绩效衡量的表演主义基础与代表性主义基础进行对比，并重新设计责任和问责制的概念。我们通过学术界和医疗保健领域的例子说明了绩效衡量的绩效主义基础，并为未来的研究提供了方向。