The Dynamics of Modernization and Job Satisfaction in the British National Health Service

Review of Public Personnel Administration

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 304-318

  Fisher, Colin ^a   Harris, Lynette ^a   Kirk, Susan ^a   Leopold, John ^a   Leverment, Yvonne ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health Service; job satisfaction; management of change; modernization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996242881     PISSN: 0734371X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734371X04268480     Document Type: Article

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