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Trust in public-sector senior management

Simon Albrecht School of Psychology, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia, Australia (tel: +61 8 92667983; fax: +61 8 9266 2464; e-mail: [email protected])
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Anthony Travaglione Graduate School of Business, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia (tel: +61 2 49216890; fax: +61 249217398; e-mail: [email protected])
Pages 76-92 | Published online: 24 Jun 2010

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