Public management policy and practice in Western China: Metapolicy, tacit knowledge, and implications for management innovation transfer

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 479-498

  Chan, Hon S ^a   Chow, King W ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cadre management; Chinese public administration; Management innovation; Metapolicy; Tacit knowledge; Western China

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748984937     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: 15523357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0275074006297552     Document Type: Article

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