Challenging Scandinavian employment relations: The effects of new public management reforms

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Challenging Scandinavian employment relations : The effects of new public management reforms. / Ibsen, Christian Lyhne; Larsen, Trine Pernille; Madsen, Jørgen Steen; Due, Jesper Jørgen.

In: International Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol. 22, No. 11, 2011, p. 2295–2310.

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Harvard

Ibsen, CL, Larsen, TP, Madsen, JS & Due, JJ 2011, 'Challenging Scandinavian employment relations: The effects of new public management reforms', International Journal of Human Resource Management, vol. 22, no. 11, pp. 2295–2310. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2011.584392

APA

Ibsen, C. L., Larsen, T. P., Madsen, J. S., & Due, J. J. (2011). Challenging Scandinavian employment relations: The effects of new public management reforms. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 22(11), 2295–2310. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2011.584392

Vancouver

Ibsen CL, Larsen TP, Madsen JS, Due JJ. Challenging Scandinavian employment relations: The effects of new public management reforms. International Journal of Human Resource Management. 2011;22(11):2295–2310. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2011.584392

Author

Ibsen, Christian Lyhne ; Larsen, Trine Pernille ; Madsen, Jørgen Steen ; Due, Jesper Jørgen. / Challenging Scandinavian employment relations : The effects of new public management reforms. In: International Journal of Human Resource Management. 2011 ; Vol. 22, No. 11. pp. 2295–2310.

Bibtex

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