Recruitment and Expertise in the European Commission

West European Politics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 649-678

  Christensen, Johan ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; HUMAN CAPITAL; KNOWLEDGE; OUTSOURCING; RECRUITMENT (EMPLOYMENT);

EID: 84924174421     PISSN: 01402382     EISSN: 17439655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2014.982353     Document Type: Article

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