Coping during Public Service Delivery: A Conceptualization and Systematic Review of the Literature

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1099-1126

  Tummers, Lars L G ^a,b   Bekkers, Victor ^a   Vink, Evelien ^a   Musheno, Michael ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b University of California   (United States)

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EID: 84942814601     PISSN: 10531858     EISSN: 14779803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jopart/muu056     Document Type: Review

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