Unanswered questions about public service motivation: Designing research to address key issues of emergence and effects

Public Administration Review

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 691-700

  Wright, Bradley E ^a   Grant, Adam M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 77956142788     PISSN: 00333352     EISSN: 15406210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2010.02197.x     Document Type: Article

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