Strategic links in a cut-throat world: Rethinking the role and relationships of Australian ministerial staff

Public Administration

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1469-1488

  Maley, Maria ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84155172499     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2011.01928.x     Document Type: Article

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