Understanding employee motivation to innovate: Evidence from front line employees in united states federal agencies

Australian Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 202-222

  Fernandez, Sergio ^a   Pitts, David W ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

innovation; organisational change; reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959558718     PISSN: 03136647     EISSN: 14678500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8500.2011.00726.x     Document Type: Article

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