Outsourcing and public service values: The Australian experience

International Review of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-70

  Mulgan, Richard ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL POLICY; LEGISLATION; OUTSOURCING; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SERVICE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17844392113     PISSN: 00208523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020852305051683     Document Type: Article

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