Public-Service Motivation: A Multivariate Test

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 713-727

  Houston, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 0347014851     PISSN: 10531858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jpart.a024288     Document Type: Article

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