In search of culture: Lessons from the past to find a role for the study of administrative culture

Governance

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-98

  Keraudren, Philippe ^a  

^a Institut Europeacute en d'Administration Publique   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0030445197     PISSN: 09521895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0491.1996.tb00234.x     Document Type: Article

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