The "hRM project" and managerialism: Or why some discourses are more equal than others

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 369-382

  Mueller, Frank ^a   Carter, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conversation; Human resource management; Management power

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544431651     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810510607065     Document Type: Article

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