Changing competences of public managers: Tensions in commitment

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 333-341

  Virtanen, Turo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Competences; Ethics; Public sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012615274     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513550010350300     Document Type: Article

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