'Hands up': Mentoring in the New Zealand Public Service

Public Personnel Management

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 211-227

  Bhatta, Gambhir ^a   Washington, Sally ^a  

^a State Services Commission   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0042575599     PISSN: 00910260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/009102600303200203     Document Type: Review

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34. These managers were defined as the chief executives (CE), and all managers who either report to the CE, or report to those managers who report to the CE.
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