Organizational Culture, Decision-Making, and Integrity: The National Park Service and the Exxon Valdez

Public Integrity

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 305-317

  Kurtz, Rick S ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85050837607     PISSN: 10999922     EISSN: 15580989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15580989.2003.11770956     Document Type: Article

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