Così fan tutte? Adoption and rejection of performance-related pay in Italian municipalities: A cross-sector test of isomorphism

Review of Public Personnel Administration

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 166-188

  Bellé, Nicola ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Isomorphism; Italian civil service reform; Local governments; New institutionalism; Performance related pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952496203     PISSN: 0734371X     EISSN: 1552759X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734371X09360177     Document Type: Article

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