Gendered nature of managerialism? Case of the National Health Service

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 104-113

  Miller, Karen ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career development; Gender; Managerialism; National Health Service; Organizational culture; Scotland

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349993629     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513550910934510     Document Type: Article

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