How bureaucratic structure matters: An organizational perspective

Handbook of Public Administration: Concise Paperback Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 77-87

  Egeberg, Morten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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DOI: 10.4135/9780857020970.n7     Document Type: Chapter

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