The Old Ways Are the Best? The Durability and Usefulness of Bureaucracy in Public Sector Management

Organization

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 77-96

  Schofield, Jill ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bureaucrats; Labour process theory; National health service; Public sector; QSR. NU.DIST

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347116267     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135050840181005     Document Type: Article

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