From "need to know" to "need to share": Tangled problems, information boundaries, and the building of public sector knowledge networks

Public Administration Review

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 392-402

  Dawes, Sharon S ^a   Cresswell, Anthony M ^b   Pardo, Theresa A ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 65249188075     PISSN: 00333352     EISSN: 15406210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2009.01987_2.x     Document Type: Article

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