Communication between Managers and Staff in the NHS: Trends and Prospects

British Journal of Management

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-71

  Tourish, Dennis ^a   Hargie, Owen D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Incentives; Professional firms; Profitsharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032399305     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8551.00075     Document Type: Article

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