Transforming the probation service: 'What works', organisational change and professional identity

Policy and Politics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 547-563

  Newman, Janet ^a   Nutley, Sandra ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence based practice; Probation; Professionalism; What works

Indexed keywords

ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE;

EID: 0142168407     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557303322439407     Document Type: Article

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