Public Service Motivation and Professionalism

International Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-57

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

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

professionalism; public service motivation; user orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855420826     PISSN: 01900692     EISSN: 15324265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2011.635278     Document Type: Article

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