Does ownership matter? public service motivation among physiotherapists in the private and public sectors in Denmark

Review of Public Personnel Administration

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-27

  Andersen, Lotte Bøgh ^a,b   Pallesen, Thomas ^a   Pedersen, Lene Holm ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

difference in PSM between private and public employees; public service motivation; public service motivation dimensions

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551571806     PISSN: 0734371X     EISSN: 1552759X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734371X10394402     Document Type: Article

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