Trade unions and partnership in the health service

Employee Relations

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 315-333

  Heaton, Norma ^a   Mason, Bob ^a   Morgan, Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communications; Employee relations; Empowerment; Motivation; National Health Service; Public sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986031898     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450010340335     Document Type: Article

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