Public Employees With High Levels of Public Service Motivation: Who Are They, Where Are They, and What do They Want?

Review of Public Personnel Administration

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 138-154

  Bright, Leonard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

employee motivation; organizational behavior; public administration; public employees; public service motivation; work preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751016995     PISSN: 0734371X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734371X04272360     Document Type: Article

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