The death of corporatism? Managing change in the fire service

Personnel Review

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 648-662

  Fitzgerald, Ian ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Change management; Fire services; Government; Political parties; Trade unions; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444512112     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480510623448     Document Type: Article

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