Mapping organizational change in the state: Challenges and classifications

International Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 399-409

  Rolland, Vidar W ^a   Roness, Paul G ^b  

^a Norwegian Social Science Data Archives   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Birth; Death; Organizational change; State administration; Survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956340198     PISSN: 01900692     EISSN: 15324265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2011.572693     Document Type: Article

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