An evaluation of the effects of a national health service trust merger on the learning and development of staff

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 557-573

  Goddard, Sheri ^a   Palmer, Adam ^b  

^a GPW Management Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Learning and development; Merger, organizational change; NHS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988633150     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13678868.2010.520480     Document Type: Article

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