The Civil Service as an Employer of Choice in Belgium: How Work Orientations Influence the Attractiveness of Public Employment

Review of Public Personnel Administration

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 319-333

  Vandenabeele, Wouter ^a   Hondeghem, Annie ^a   Steen, Trui ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

employer of choice; public sector employment; public service motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248050499     PISSN: 0734371X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734371X04269371     Document Type: Article

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