New public management and cultural change: The case of UK public sector project sponsors as leaders

Innovation in Public Sector Services: Entrepreneurship, Creativity and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 21-40

  Hall, Mark ^a   Holt, Robin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

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