’we’re all human resource managers now’: Local government middle managers

Public Money and Management

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 41-46

  Keen, Linda ^a   Vickerstaff, Sarah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031491332     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: 14679302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00081     Document Type: Article

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