Parkinson's law and the new public management? Contracting determinants and service-quality consequences in public education

Public Administration Review

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 342-352

  O'Toole Jr , Laurence J ^a   Meier, Kenneth J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Government   (United States)

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EID: 2642575650     PISSN: 00333352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2004.00378.x     Document Type: Article

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