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Recruitment and Selection into Ghana’s Local Governments - Theory and Practice

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  1. Department of Public Administration and Health Services Management, University of Ghana Business School, Accra, Ghana

    Peter Adjei-Bamfo & Justice Nyigmah Bawole

  2. School of Public Leadership, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

    Emmanuel Yeboah-Assiamah

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    Ali Farazmand

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Adjei-Bamfo, P., Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Bawole, J.N. (2018). Recruitment and Selection into Ghana’s Local Governments - Theory and Practice. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3498-1

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