Political influence and bureaucratic autonomy

Public Organization Review

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-153

  Yesilkagit, Kutsal ^a   van Thiel, Sandra ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bureaucratic autonomy; Political control; Public sector organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749142417     PISSN: 15667170     EISSN: 15737098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11115-008-0054-7     Document Type: Article

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