The OECD civil servant: Caught between Scylla and Charybdis 1

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 592-621

  Marcussen, Martin ^a   Trondal, Jarle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

Author keywords

OECD; organizational identity; organizational reform; role conflict; role set

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855440526     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290.2011.603665     Document Type: Article

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