Organizational climate and workplace efficiency

Public Management Review

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-47

  Hunt, Brian ^a   Ivergard, Toni ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b RANGSIT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cadre organization; Learning; Performance measurement; Public sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947253983     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719030600853501     Document Type: Article

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