Full-time, part-time, and real time: Explaining state legislators' perceptions of time on the job

State Politics and Policy Quarterly

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 322-338

  Kurtz, Karl T ^a   Moncrief, Gary ^b   Niemi, Richard G ^c   Powell, Lynda W ^c  

^a NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATURES   (United States)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

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EID: 33748948747     PISSN: 15324400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153244000600600304     Document Type: Review

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