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title How NPM-inspired-change impacted work and HRM in the Irish voluntary sector in an era of austerity
title_full How NPM-inspired-change impacted work and HRM in the Irish voluntary sector in an era of austerity
title_fullStr How NPM-inspired-change impacted work and HRM in the Irish voluntary sector in an era of austerity
title_full_unstemmed How NPM-inspired-change impacted work and HRM in the Irish voluntary sector in an era of austerity
title_short How NPM-inspired-change impacted work and HRM in the Irish voluntary sector in an era of austerity
title_sort how npm-inspired-change impacted work and hrm in the irish voluntary sector in an era of austerity
title_unstemmed How NPM-inspired-change impacted work and HRM in the Irish voluntary sector in an era of austerity
topic Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Industrial relations
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