Blue-collar public servants: How union membership influences public service motivation

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 705-723

  Davis, Randall S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

organizational behavior psychology; organizational culture; personnel human resource management

Indexed keywords

EID: 80455178620     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: 15523357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0275074010392367     Document Type: Article

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