Meeting in the middle: Joining reflection and action in complex public sector projects

Public Money and Management

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 227-233

  Duijn, Michael ^a   Rijnveld, Marc ^a   van Hulst, Merlijn ^b  

^a Dutch Institute for Applied Scientific Research (TNO)   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77952928053     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: 14679302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2010.492183     Document Type: Article

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