A New Theory for Public Service Management? Toward a (Public) Service-Dominant Approach

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 135-158

  Osborne, Stephen P ^a   Radnor, Zoe ^b   Nasi, Greta ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

organizational theory; politics administration issues; public administration; public administration administrative theory; public management issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873617908     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: 15523357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0275074012466935     Document Type: Article

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