Pressure, legitimacy, and innovative behavior by public organizations

Governance

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 469-497

  Verhoest, Koen ^a   Verschuere, Bram ^a   Bouckaert, Geert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 34548314111     PISSN: 09521895     EISSN: 14680491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0491.2007.00367.x     Document Type: Article

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