Service with a smile — The public face of public sector industries
✍ Scribed by E.A. Field; M.F. Shutler
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 753 KB
- Volume
- 45
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0377-2217
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