Determinants of job satisfaction of federal government employees

Public Personnel Management

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 313-334

  Ting, Yuan ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031232345     PISSN: 00910260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/009102609702600302     Document Type: Article

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