Role of politics in public sector organizational change

Journal of Business Economics and Management

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-23

  Sepper, Ruth ^a   Alas, Ruth ^b  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^b ESTONIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Organizational change; Politics; Public sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 73349135310     PISSN: 16111699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/1611-1699.2008.9.13-23     Document Type: Article

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