All we need is a miracle: Using a solution-based approach to human resource management in hospitals

Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 165-179

  Townsend, Keith ^a   Wilkinson, Adrian ^a   Allan, Cameron ^a   Bamber, Greg ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

acute hospitals; Australia; human resource management; research methodology; the 'miracle question'

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957988655     PISSN: 10384111     EISSN: 17447941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1038411111400163     Document Type: Article

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