Unfurling Organizational Innovation in Public Services: The Case of a Public Research Organization

Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 61-74

  Martin Rios, Carlos ^a   Heckscher, Charles ^a   Gonzalez, Cesar ^b  

^a Rutgers University   (United States)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Change Initiative; Human Resource Practice; Organizational Design; Organizational Innovation; Public Research Organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945194374     PISSN: 21987246     EISSN: 21987254     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-03134-7_5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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