Mapping out devolution: An exploration of the realities of devolution

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 129-151

  Cascón Pereira, Rosalía ^a,b   Valverde, Mireia ^a   Ryan, Gerard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Delegation; Health services sector; Human resource strategies; Middle managers; Organizational structures; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644921502     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090590610651267     Document Type: Article

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