Market-Based Pay in Action: Municipal Strategies and Concerns in the Cities of Hampton Roads

Review of Public Personnel Administration

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 178-189

  Leavitt, William M ^a   Morris, John C ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

compensation; market based pay; municipal government

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749247266     PISSN: 0734371X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734371X07313816     Document Type: Article

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