Reorganising UNISON within the NHS

Employee Relations

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 247-261

  De Turberville, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; Corporate strategy; National Health Service; Public sector organizations; Trade unions; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247376551     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450710741739     Document Type: Article

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