On public organizations in Ghana: What differentiates good performers from poor performers?

African Development Review

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 471-485

  Owusu, Francis ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SERVICE; PUBLIC SECTOR; RECRUITMENT; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; WAGE; WORLD BANK;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33845990245     PISSN: 10176772     EISSN: 14678268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8268.2006.00151.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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