What's valued most? Similarities and differences between the organizational values of the public and private sector

Public Administration

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 465-482

  Van Der Wal, Zeger ^a   De Graaf, Gjalt ^a   Lasthuizen, Karin ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC SECTOR;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 44649128644     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2008.00719.x     Document Type: Article

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