Experiments for public management research

Public Management Review

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 189-208

  Margetts, Helen Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Experiments; Internet; Public management research

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952025975     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2010.532970     Document Type: Article

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