No Solutions, Only Trade-Offs? Evidence about Goal Conflict in Street-Level Bureaucracies

Public Administration Review

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 132-142

  Resh, William G ^a   Pitts, David W ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84872590064     PISSN: 00333352     EISSN: 15406210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2012.02623.x     Document Type: Article

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