Customer-focused organisations:Challenges for managers, workers and HR practitioners

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 306-314

  Baker, Tim ^a  

^a WINNERS AT WORK   (Australia)

Author keywords

Customer orientation; Role conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986019176     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621710210423892     Document Type: Article

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