Municipal clerks: Examining a model of job satisfaction

Public Personnel Management

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 327-352

  Gordon, Victoria ^a   Osgood Jr , Jeffery L ^b   Phillips, Jeremy ^c  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Municipal clerks; Public sector employees

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650641604     PISSN: 00910260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/009102601003900403     Document Type: Article

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