Crowded out? The capacity of HR to change healthcare work practices

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 24, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 3131-3145

  McBride, A ^a   Mustchin, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

employment regulation; healthcare management; public sector HRM; workforce modernisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880323499     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2013.775031     Document Type: Article

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