NPM and beyond - Structure, culture and demography

International Review of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-23

  Christensen, Tom ^a   Lægreid, Per ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Administrative reforms; Demography; Institutional perspective; Instrumental perspective; New Public Management; Norway

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM; CIVIL SERVICE; CULTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLICY REFORM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 39749168481     PISSN: 00208523     EISSN: 14617226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020852307085730     Document Type: Article

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