Effects of Contracting Out Engineering Services Over Time in a State Department of Transportation

Public Works Management & Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 331-343

  Gen, Sheldon ^a   Kingsley, Gordon ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

consultants; contracting out; department of transportation; privatization; transportation

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249155412     PISSN: 1087724X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087724X07302585     Document Type: Article

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