Red Tape and Public Service Motivation: Findings from a National Survey of Managers in State Health and Human Services Agencies

Review of Public Personnel Administration

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 155-180

  Scott, Patrick G ^a   Pandey, Sanjay K ^b  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bureaucracy; public service motivation; red tape

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644562490     PISSN: 0734371X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734371X04271526     Document Type: Article

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