Span of Control and Public Organizations: Implementing Luther Gulick's Research Design

Public Administration Review

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-70

  Meier, Kenneth J ^a   Bohte, John ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0142055308     PISSN: 00333352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1540-6210.00264     Document Type: Article

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