Effectiveness of a corporate HR department in an Australian public sector entity during commercialization and corporatization

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 89-105

  Teo, Stephen T T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Commercialization; Corporate HQ; Public sector management; Strategic HRM

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346736745     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190110092820     Document Type: Article

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