Promoting employee wellbeing and quality service outcomes: The role of HRM practices

Journal of Management and Organization

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 702-713

  Clarke, Marilyn Alexandra ^a   Hill, Sally Rao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged care; Employee wellbeing; Qualify of life; Service delivery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872256565     PISSN: 18333672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1833367200000626     Document Type: Article

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