The politics of HRM: Waiting for Godot in the Moroccan civil service

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 978-995

  Al Arkoubi, Khadija ^a   McCourt, Willy ^b  

^a AL AKHAWAYN UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Civil service; International HRM employee selection; Morocco; Performance management; Political will; Strategic HRM

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242674394     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190410001677278     Document Type: Article

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