Organizational strategy, external regulation and public service performance

Public Administration

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 185-203

  Andrews, Rhys ^a   Boyne, George A ^b   Law, Jennifer ^c   Walker, Richard M ^a,d  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC SECTOR; PUBLIC SERVICE;

EID: 40449096969     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2007.00695.x     Document Type: Article

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