Specificity of Change Management in Public Organizations: Conditions for Successful Organizational Change in Dutch Ministerial Departments

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 693-717

  Kickert, Walter J M ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

case study research; change management; conditions for successful change; ministerial departments; organizational change; public organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911880386     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: 15523357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0275074013483871     Document Type: Article

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