Culture in community pharmacy organisations: What can we glean from the literature?

Journal of Health, Organisation and Management

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 420-454

  Jacobs, Sally ^a   Ashcroft, Darren ^a   Hassell, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Organizational culture; Pharmaceuticals industry; Retailing; Service quality assurance; Supply; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961134660     PISSN: 14777266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777261111155047     Document Type: Review

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