People management in Victorian community health services: An exploratory study

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 59-65

  Leggat, Sandra G ^a   Bartram, Timothy ^a,b   Stanton, Pauline ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community health centres; Human resource management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 33845652996     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY06046     Document Type: Article

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