The changing nature of the HR function in UK local government and its role as "employee champion"

Employee Relations

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-47

  Harris, Lynette ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employees; Human resource management; Local government

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749048060     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450810835400     Document Type: Article

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