Creating a New Moral Order? Cultural Change in the Australian Public Service

Labour and Industry

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 57-76

  O'Brien, John ^a   O'Donnell, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 84937329736     PISSN: 10301763     EISSN: 23255676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10301763.2000.10669224     Document Type: Article

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