Explaining variation in organizational change: The reform of human resource management in the European Commission and the OECD

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 669-690

  Knill, Christoph ^a   Balint, Tim ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

European Commission; Human resource management; Institutional isomorphism; New public management; OECD; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249161550     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501760802133153     Document Type: Article

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