Coping with complex leadership roles: The problematic redefinition of government-owned enterprises

Public Administration

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 803-831

  Christensen, Tom ^a   Lægreid, Per ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Dept of Admin/Org Theory/Research ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATION; DEVOLUTION; ECONOMIC PLANNING; LEADERSHIP; PUBLIC SECTOR; STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 0347532615     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0033-3298.2003.00372.x     Document Type: Article

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