An evaluation of staff engagement programmes in four National Health Service Acute Trusts

Journal of Health, Organisation and Management

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-105

  Hewison, Alistair ^a   Gale, Nicola ^a   Yeats, Rowena ^a   Shapiro, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employees involvement; Evaluation; Leadership; National Health Service; Staff engagement; Staff satisfaction; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874790470     PISSN: 14777266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777261311311816     Document Type: Article

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