The relationship between governance roles and performance in local public interorganizational networks: A conceptual analysis

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 186-201

  Span, Kees C L ^a   Luijkx, Katrien G ^a   Schols, Jos M G A ^a,b   Schalk, Rene ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

local public networks; network contigencies and network performance; network governance roles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857196788     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: 15523357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0275074011402193     Document Type: Article

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