Strategic human capital and the performance of public sector organizations

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 375-392

  Cermeli, Abraham ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Local government authorities; Public sector organization; Resource based view; Strategic human capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 14744284226     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2003.11.003     Document Type: Article

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