Strategic performance options in professional service organisations

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 39-57

  Doorewaard, Hans ^a   Meihuizen, Hanne E ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84929729885     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 17488583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2000.tb00019.x     Document Type: Article

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