Public management research: Towards relevance

Public Management Review

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 571-585

  Head, Brian William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Management priorities; Research agenda; Research priorities; Research relevance; Theory and practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956843045     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719031003633987     Document Type: Article

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