Revising Perry's measurement scale of public service motivation

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-163

  Kim, Sangmook ^a  

^a Seoul National University of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Measurement scale; Public service motivation; Scale validation; Second order factor analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849165375     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: 15523357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0275074008317681     Document Type: Article

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