Public service motivation and job performance of public sector employees in the Netherlands

International Review of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-52

  Leisink, Peter ^a   Steijn, Bram ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Commitment; HRM; Person job fit; Person organization fit; Public sector; Public service motivation

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EMPLOYMENT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PERCEPTION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC SERVICE;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 62549144446     PISSN: 00208523     EISSN: 14617226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020852308099505     Document Type: Conference Paper

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