Conveners as champions of collaboration in the public sector: A case from South Africa

Public Administration and Development

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 141-150

  Dorado, Silvia ^a   Vaz, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC SECTOR;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0141861068     PISSN: 02712075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pad.270     Document Type: Article

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