Social welfare contracts as networks: The impact of network stability on management and performance

Administration and Society

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 115-146

  Johnston, Jocelyn M ^a   Romzek, Barbara S ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Contracting; Networks; Performance; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749129331     PISSN: 00953997     EISSN: 15523039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095399707312826     Document Type: Article

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