Professional management and service levels in small U.S. communities

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 553-569

  Folz, David H ^a   Abdelrazek, Reem ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations   (United States)

Author keywords

Local and urban public administration; Professionalism; Public management issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349193688     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: 15523357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0275074008321894     Document Type: Article

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