People must change before institutions can: A model addressing the challenge from administering to managing the maltese public service

Public Administration and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 205-215

  Cassar, Vincent ^a   Bezzina, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

Author keywords

Change; Malta; Public sector

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATION; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; PUBLIC SERVICE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MALTA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 24044543917     PISSN: 02712075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pad.358     Document Type: Article

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