Performance-related pay and work motivation: Theoretical and empirical perspectives for the French civil service

International Review of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 325-339

  Forest, Virginie ^a  

^a University of Lyon 2   (France)

Author keywords

Civil service; Intrinsic motivation; Performance; Performance related pay; Public service motivations

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SERVICE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN RESOURCE; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MODERNIZATION; PUBLIC SERVICE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 44949186685     PISSN: 00208523     EISSN: 14617226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020852308089907     Document Type: Article

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