Organizational culture and public sector reforms in a post-Washington consensus era: Lessons from Ghana's good reformers

Progress in Development Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 135-151

  Owusu, Francis Y ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Ghana; Organizational culture; post Washington Consensus; public sector performance; public sector reform

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC REFORM; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC SECTOR; STATE ROLE;

AFRICA; GHANA;

EID: 84863215143     PISSN: 14649934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146499341101200304     Document Type: Article

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