To be strategic in the new public sector, HR must remember its operational activities

Human Resource Management

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 265-284

  Teo, Stephen T T ^a   Rodwell, John J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 34250797885     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20160     Document Type: Article

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