Pitfalls and Challenges for Trust and Effectiveness in Collaborative Networks

Public Management Review

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 733-760

  Willem, Annick ^a   Lucidarme, Steffie ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Collaborative networks; effectiveness; public and non profit sector; trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899516040     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2012.744426     Document Type: Article

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