People management practices in the public health sector: Developments from Victoria, Australia

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 28, Issue , 2004, Pages 310-328

  Stanton, Pauline ^a   Harbridge, Raymond ^a   Bartram, Timothy ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Human resource management; Public health; Public sector organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986146056     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090590410527681     Document Type: Article

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