The changing nexus of power in the new public sector management of Trinidad and Tobago

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 170-190

  Bissessar, Ann Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Accountability; Decision making; Organizational structure; Public sector; Roles; Trinidad and Tabago

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; CIVIL SOCIETY; MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC SECTOR;

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 0037653653     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513550310472339     Document Type: Article

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