A strategic agenda for public human resource management research

Review of Public Personnel Administration

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-43

  Perry, James L ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Human resource management; Public administration theory; Strategic research agenda

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749324035     PISSN: 0734371X     EISSN: 1552759X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734371X09351821     Document Type: Article

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