Managerial Values and Accountability Pressures: Challenges of Crisis and Disaster

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-102

  Schwartz, Robert ^a   Sulitzeanu Kenan, Raanan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0442322952     PISSN: 10531858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jopart/muh005     Document Type: Article

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