Post-bureaucracy and Weber's “modern” bureaucrat

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 8-21

  Harris, Martin ^a   Höpfl, Harro M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; History; Political philosophy; Sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644522397     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810610643659     Document Type: Article

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