Human resource management audits: Contributions to quality

Managing Quality: Strategic Issues in Health Care Management

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 116-131

  Nutley, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0010270971     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780429450013-8     Document Type: Chapter

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