Information Technology Workers in the Federal Service: More Than a Quiet Crisis?

Review of Public Personnel Administration

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 207-224

  Lewis, Gregory B ^a   Hu, Zhenhua ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

federal service; IT employees; performance; turnover rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248033775     PISSN: 0734371X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734371X05275509     Document Type: Article

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