Understanding Shared Roles in Policy and Administration: An Empirical Study of Council-Manager Relations

Public Administration Review

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 526-535

  Demir, Tansu ^a   Reddick, Christopher G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

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EID: 84862589218     PISSN: 00333352     EISSN: 15406210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2011.02551.x     Document Type: Article

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