Creating a performance culture? Performance-based pay in the Australian public service

Australian Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 28-40

  O'Donnell, Michael ^a  

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EID: 0032221944     PISSN: 03136647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8500.1998.tb01279.x     Document Type: Article

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