A Kind Word for Theory X: Or Why So Many Newfangled Management Techniques Quickly Fail

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 239-264

  Bobic, Michael P ^a   Davis, William Eric ^b  

^a Emmanuel College

^b Community College Southern Nevada ^*

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EID: 0242508422     PISSN: 7653697     EISSN: 1782155X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpart/mug022     Document Type: Review

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