The filling in the sandwich: HRM and middle managers in the health sector

Personnel Review

Volumn 28, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 406-424

  McConville, Teri ^a   Holden, Len ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health services; Human resource management; Middle management; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033467490     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483489910286738     Document Type: Article

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