Trust in senior management in the public sector

Employee Relations

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 458-468

  Pate, Judy ^a   Beaumont, Phillip ^a   Stewart, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employees; Public sector organizations; Senior management; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548016057     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450710776281     Document Type: Article

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