Ending Civil Service Protections in Florida Government: Experiences in State Agencies

Review of Public Personnel Administration

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 139-157

  Bowman, James S ^a   West, Jonathan P ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

at will employment; civil service reform; human resource management; Service First; State of Florida

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846122482     PISSN: 0734371X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734371X06286978     Document Type: Article

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