Applicability of the normative model of outsourcing in the public sector: The case of a state transportation agency

Public Organization Review

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 253-272

  Ponomariov, Branco ^a   Kingsley, Gordon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contract management; Managerial capacity; Public sector outsourcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 51649108784     PISSN: 15667170     EISSN: 15737098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11115-008-0059-2     Document Type: Article

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