Career dynamics of congressional legislative staff: Preliminary profile and research questions

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 415-442

  Romzek, Barbara S ^a   Utter, Jennifer A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 0000451315     PISSN: 10531858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jpart.a024319     Document Type: Conference Paper

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