Entrepreneurial leadership in the English public sector: Paradox or possibility?

Public Administration

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 987-1008

  Currie, Graeme ^a   Humphreys, Mike ^a   Ucbasaran, Deniz ^a   Mcmanus, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEADERSHIP; MODERNIZATION; PUBLIC SECTOR; STAKEHOLDER;

EID: 55049105238     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2008.00736.x     Document Type: Article

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