State government human resource professionals' commitment to employment at will

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 189-208

  Coggburn, Jerrell D ^a   Battaglio Jr , R Paul ^b   Bowman, James S ^c   Condrey, Stephen E ^d   Goodman, Doug ^e   West, Jonathan P ^f  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil service reform; Employment at will; Human resource management; New public management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649247973     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: 15523357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0275074009333596     Document Type: Article

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