Generational comparisons of public employee motivation

Review of Public Personnel Administration

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 18-37

  Jurkiewicz, Carole L ^a   Brown, Roger G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

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EID: 0037922880     PISSN: 0734371X     EISSN: 1552759X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734371X9801800403     Document Type: Article

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