How much decentralization? Managerial autonomy in the Canadian public service

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 122-136

  Lonti, Zsuzsanna ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Canada; Managerial autonomy; Public service

Indexed keywords

EID: 18944390383     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0275074004272622     Document Type: Article

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