Managing under pressure: HRM in hospitals

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 332-338

  Townsend, Keith ^a   Wilkinson, Adrian ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 78049386603     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 09545395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2010.00145.x     Document Type: Article

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