The 'post-bureaucratic' public sector organization. New organizational forms and HRM in ten UK public sector organizations

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1575-1588

  Morris, Jonathan ^a   Farrell, Catherine ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

New organizational forms; Public sector; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748892435     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190701570544     Document Type: Article

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