Antecedents of organizational innovation: The diffusion of new public management into Danish local government

Public Administration

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 285-306

  Hansen, Morten Balle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; INNOVATION; LEADERSHIP; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

DENMARK;

EID: 79953714462     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2010.01855.x     Document Type: Article

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