An internal marketing approach to public sector management: The marketing and human resources interface

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-26

  Ewing, Michael T ^a   Caruana, Albert ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

Author keywords

Human resource management; Internal marketing; Organizational behaviour; Public sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542397132     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513559910262652     Document Type: Article

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