Work motivation in the Hellenic extended public sector: An empirical investigation

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1738-1762

  Manolopoulos, Dimitris ^a,b  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF GREECE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Etended public sector; Extrinsic motivation; Greece; Intrinsic motivation; Work performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 53249095568     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190802295389     Document Type: Article

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