Competitive sourcing in the federal civil service

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-99

  Snavely, Keith ^a   Desai, Uday ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Human resources; Implementation; Market policies; Public private competitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 70749144061     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: 15523357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0275074008328925     Document Type: Article

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