Job satisfaction of public managers in special districts

Review of Public Personnel Administration

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 327-353

  West, Jonathan P ^a   Berman, Evan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Local government; Public managers; Special districts

Indexed keywords

EID: 70749118320     PISSN: 0734371X     EISSN: 1552759X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734371X09337710     Document Type: Article

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