Toward the self-evaluating organization? An empirical test of the wildavsky model

Public Administration Review

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 463-473

  Boyne, George A ^a,c   Gould Williams, Julian S ^a,c   Law, Jennifer ^b   Walker, Richard M ^a,d  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Cardiff Business School ^*  (United Kingdom)

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EID: 3542995091     PISSN: 00333352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2004.00392.x     Document Type: Review

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