Employee commitment and firefighters: It's my job

Public Administration Review

Volumn 62, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2002, Pages 108-114

  Lee, Seok Hwan ^a   Olshfski, Dorothy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT SPRINGFIELD   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 24744443653     PISSN: 00333352     EISSN: 15406210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1540-6210.62.s1.19     Document Type: Review

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