Fragmented or connective professionalism? Strategies for professionalizing the work of strategists and other (organizational) professionals

Public Administration

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 21-38

  Noordegraaf, Mirko ^a   Van Der Steen, Martijn ^b   Van Twist, Mark ^b,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands School for Public Administration   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS; MANAGEMENT; REGULATORY APPROACH;

EID: 84896490453     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/padm.12018     Document Type: Article

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