Measuring Government Management Capacity: A Comparative Analysis of City Human Resources Management Systems

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 381-411

  Donahue, Amy Kneedler ^a   Selden, Sally Coleman ^a   Ingraham, Patricia W ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0040680069     PISSN: 10531858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jpart.a024274     Document Type: Article

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