Managing conflicting public values: Governing with integrity and effectiveness

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 623-630

  de Graaf, Gjalt ^a   van der Wal, Zeger ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

administrative ethics; good Governance; public values

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049476553     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: 15523357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0275074010375298     Document Type: Article

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