Managing the environment: Effects of network ambition on agency performance

Public Management Review

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 159-174

  Akkerman, Agnes ^a   Torenvlied, René ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Networks; Performance; Public management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79851503749     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2010.501618     Document Type: Article

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