Working hard for more money or working hard to make a difference? efficiency wages, public service motivation, and effort

Review of Public Personnel Administration

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-86

  Taylor, Jeannette ^a   Taylor, Ranald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

behavior and motivation; employee attitudes; human capital; international public personnel administration; pay systems; public service motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551564050     PISSN: 0734371X     EISSN: 1552759X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734371X10394401     Document Type: Article

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