Twenty-first-century public leadership within complex governance systems: Some reflections

Policy and Politics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 657-663

  Liddle, Joyce ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity; Governance; Partnerships collaboration; Public leadership; Public value

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956256472     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: 14708442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557310X522700     Document Type: Note

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