Letting go or holding on - the devolution of operational personnel activities

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-55

  Hall, Laura ^a   Torrington, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85040410557     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 17488583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.1998.tb00158.x     Document Type: Article

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