Creating desirable organizational characteristics: How organizations create a focus on results and managerial authority

Public Management Review

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 119-140

  Moynihan, Donald P ^a   Pandey, Sanjay K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Communication; New public management; Organizational culture; Results

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745699971     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719030500518899     Document Type: Article

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