Executive behavior and decision making in small U.S. Cities

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 52-66

  French, P Edward ^a   Folz, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Local government management

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342645539     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0275074003259186     Document Type: Article

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