TY - JOUR
T1 - Scientific and technical information in public management
T2 - The role of “gatekeeping” and channel preference
AU - Bozeman, Barry
AU - Cole, Elliot
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1982/2
Y1 - 1982/2
N2 - Despite a tremendous influx of information into public agencies, and a concern with information processing models of organizations, there is a special variety of information that is often poorly utilized or underutilized-scientific and technical information (STI). This study, of public managers’ orientations toward STI, a study based on data gathered from questionnaires mailed to officials of the Canadian government's Environmental Protection Service, seeks to better understand patterns of STiacquisition and sharing and information channel preferences among users of S TL.
AB - Despite a tremendous influx of information into public agencies, and a concern with information processing models of organizations, there is a special variety of information that is often poorly utilized or underutilized-scientific and technical information (STI). This study, of public managers’ orientations toward STI, a study based on data gathered from questionnaires mailed to officials of the Canadian government's Environmental Protection Service, seeks to better understand patterns of STiacquisition and sharing and information channel preferences among users of S TL.
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U2 - 10.1177/009539978201300405
DO - 10.1177/009539978201300405
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84970521675
SN - 0095-3997
VL - 13
SP - 479
EP - 493
JO - Administration & Society
JF - Administration & Society
IS - 4
ER -