Bureaucratic autonomy, organizational culture, and habituation: Politicians and independent administrative bodies in the Netherlands

Administration and Society

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 528-552

  Yesilkagit, Kutsal ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Administrative culture; Bureaucratic autonomy; The netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 7444231677     PISSN: 00953997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095399704268501     Document Type: Review

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