The human side of public organizations: Contributions to organizational performance

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 499-518

  O'Toole Jr , Laurence J ^a   Meier, Kenneth J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human capital; Organizational performance; Public education; Public management

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349213952     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: 15523357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0275074008323805     Document Type: Article

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