Libraries as bureaucracies: the viewpoints of librarians

Library Management

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 42-48

  Olorunsola, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; Libraries; Nigeria; Organizational strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 52649100297     PISSN: 01435124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01435120010305627     Document Type: Article

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