Managing for results: Lessons from public management reform in Malaysia

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-53

  Siddiquee, Noore Alam ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Budgetary control; Human resource management; Malaysia; Public administration; Public sector reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 74349097422     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513551011012312     Document Type: Article

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