Networking in comparative context. Public managers in the USA and the UK

Public Management Review

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 401-420

  O'Toole, Laurence J ^a   Walker, Richard M ^a   Meier, Kenneth J ^a   Boyne, George A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Co operation; Cross national comparison; Local government; Managerial networking; Network behaviour; Organizational echelons

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548627158     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719030701425787     Document Type: Article

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