The governance of voluntary work in the public sector: Institutional differences and invariant traits

Journal of Management and Governance

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 323-341

  Collin, Sven Olof ^a   Vagnoni, Emidia ^b  

^a KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Institutional variance; Local government; Management; Voluntary organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849108896     PISSN: 13853457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021229017397     Document Type: Article

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