The cultural tripwire: an impediment to changing the bureaucracy

International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 109-124

  McHugh, Marie ^a   O’Brien, Geraldine ^b   Ramondt, Joop ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

bureaucracy; culture change; employee participation; human resource development; organization change; Public sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 84951716594     PISSN: 14656612     EISSN: 17415160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJHRDM.2000.000998     Document Type: Article

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