Staff transfers as a control strategy: An exploratory study of two Australian organizations

The International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 473-489

  Welch, Denice ^a   Fenwick, Marilyn ^a   De Cieri, Helen ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84972804554     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585199400000027     Document Type: Note

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