The management of change in public organizations: A literature review

Public Administration

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-20

  Kuipers, Ben S ^a   Higgs, Malcolm ^b   Kickert, Walter ^a   Tummers, Lars ^a   Grandia, Jolien ^a   Van Der Voet, Joris ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84896489571     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/padm.12040     Document Type: Article

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