Public Sector Compensation in Local Governments: An Analysis

Review of Public Personnel Administration

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-58

  Reilly, Thom ^a   Bolin, Alice ^a   Schoener, Shaun ^b  

^a Clark County   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

public sector compensation; service delivery

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249144663     PISSN: 0734371X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734371X06289039     Document Type: Article

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