New public management and organisational commitment in the public sector: Testing a mediation model

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 2615-2629

  Williams, Helen M ^a   Rayner, Julie ^b   Allinson, Christopher W ^c  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

further education; new public management; organisational commitment; perceived organisational support; public sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860824783     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2011.633275     Document Type: Article

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