Postmodernization: A Phase We're Going Through? Management in Social Care

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1163-1174

  Lawler, John ^a,b   Harlow, Elizabeth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Postmodernization; Social care management

Indexed keywords

EID: 27544443201     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bch209     Document Type: Article

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