Assessing public managers' change-oriented behavior: Are private managers caught in the doldrums?

International Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 335-345

  Andersen, Jon Aarum ^a  

^a INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Change potential; Change oriented behavior; Leadership; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952063936     PISSN: 01900692     EISSN: 15324265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01900690903584313     Document Type: Article

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