Human resource management and performance in healthcare organisations

Journal of Health, Organisation and Management

Volumn 21, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 448-459

  Harris, Claire ^a   Cortvriend, Penny ^a   Hyde, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human resource management; National Health Service; Performance management

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548287924     PISSN: 14777266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777260710778961     Document Type: Article

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