TY  - JOUR
TT  - A PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION ON THE LINK BETWEEN NORMATIVE AND EMPIRICAL RESEARCH IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: THE CASE OF PUBLIC SERVICE ETHICS
AU  - Ömürgönülşen, Uğur
AU  - Öktem, M. Kemal
PY  - 2009
DA  - December
JF  - Hacettepe Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi
PB  - Hacettepe University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 1301-8752
SP  - 217
EP  - 243
VL  - 27
IS  - 2
KW  - Normatif araştırma
KW  - ampirik araştırma
KW  - kamu yönetimi
KW  - kamu hizmeti etiği
KW  - Türkiye
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