An evaluation of employee motivation in the extended public sector in Greece

Employee Relations

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-85

  Manolopoulos, Dimitris ^a,b  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF GREECE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Motivation (psychology); Organizational performance; Public sector organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749067925     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450810835428     Document Type: Article

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