Negotiating tensions in developing organizational policy capacity: Comparative lessons to be drawn

Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 237-263

  Gleeson, Deborah ^a   Legge, David ^a   O'Neill, Deirdre ^b   Pfeffer, Monica ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Australia and New Zealand School of Government   (Australia)

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EID: 79960483556     PISSN: 13876988     EISSN: 15725448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13876988.2011.565912     Document Type: Article

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