High pay and low morale - Can high pay, excellent benefits, job security, and low job satisfaction coexist in a public agency?

Public Personnel Management

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 333-341

  Leavitt, William M ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030304049     PISSN: 00910260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/009102609602500306     Document Type: Review

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