Limits to strategic HRM: The case of the Mauritian civil service

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 600-618

  McCourt, Willy ^a   Ramgutty Wong, Anita ^b  

^a Precinct Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

Civil service; Employee selection; International HRM; Mauritius; Performance management; Strategic HRM

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SERVICE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; HUMAN RESOURCE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE;

MAURITIUS;

EID: 0344236400     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0958519032000057790     Document Type: Article

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