Birds of a Feather? The Effect of Organizational Value Congruence on the Relationship Between Ministries and Quangos

Public Organization Review

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 377-397

  van Thiel, Sandra ^a   van der Wal, Zeger ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agencies; Autonomy; Public values; Quangos; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650182490     PISSN: 15667170     EISSN: 15737098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11115-010-0112-9     Document Type: Article

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