Results-model reform leadership: Questions of credible commitment

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 255-284

  Dull, Matthew ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 65249101235     PISSN: 10531858     EISSN: 14779803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jopart/mum043     Document Type: Article

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