Organization Theory and the Public Sector: Instrument, culture and myth

Organization Theory and the Public Sector: Instrument, culture and myth

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-191

  Christensen, Tom ^a   Lægreid, Per ^b   Roness, Paul G ^b   Røvik, Kjell Arne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203929216     Document Type: Book

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