Where have all the workers gone? Exploring public sector workforce planning

Australian Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 202-213

  Colley, Linda ^a   Price, Robin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

HR planning; Human resources; Public sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954617217     PISSN: 03136647     EISSN: 14678500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8500.2010.00676.x     Document Type: Article

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