The success of failure: The paradox of performance pay

Review of Public Personnel Administration

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-88

  Bowman, James S ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil service reform; Motivation; Performance pay; Urban legend

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749322377     PISSN: 0734371X     EISSN: 1552759X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734371X09351824     Document Type: Article

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