Exploring organisation commitment in the police Implications for human resource strategy

Policing

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 399-419

  Metcalfe, Beverly ^a,b   Dick, Gavin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commitment; Human resource planning; Police

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348185965     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eum0000000005854     Document Type: Article

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