Mission mystique: Strength at the institutional center

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 475-494

  Goodsell, Charles T ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bureaucracy; government agencies; institutional vitality; mission

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961195149     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: 15523357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0275074011409566     Document Type: Article

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