UK public sector reform and the "performance agenda" in UK local government: HRM challenges and dilemmas

Personnel Review

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 681-696

  Harris, Lynette ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Best practice; Human resource management; Organizational performance; Performance measurement (quality); United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444445825     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480510623466     Document Type: Article

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