Reinventing the personnel function: Lessons Learned from a Hope-Filled Beginning in One State

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 324-342

  Hays, Steven W ^a   Whitney, Shawn Benzinger ^a  

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EID: 0347875809     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/027507409702700402     Document Type: Article

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