"The spirit of watchfulness": Public ethics as organizational learning

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 541-569

  Zajac, Gary ^a   Comfort, Louise K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 0010535570     PISSN: 10531858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jpart.a024365     Document Type: Article

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