Feeling the Squeeze: Public Employees' Experiences of Cutback-and Innovation-Related Organizational Changes Following a National Announcement of Budget Reductions

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1279-1305

  Kiefer, Tina ^a   Hartley, Jean ^b   Conway, Neil ^c   Briner, Rob B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84943804858     PISSN: 10531858     EISSN: 14779803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jopart/muu042     Document Type: Article

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