From bureaucratic to post-bureaucratic: The difficulties of transition

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 54-64

  Josserand, Emmanuel ^a   Teo, Stephen ^b   Clegg, Stewart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Bureaucracy; Organizational change; Public sector organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644534171     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810610643686     Document Type: Article

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