Public and private sector managers over 20 years: A test of the 'convergence thesis'

Public Administration

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1051-1076

  Poole, Michael ^a   Mansfield, Roger ^a   Gould Williams, Jullian ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750739540     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2006.00626.x     Document Type: Article

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