Revisiting the Impact of Participative Decision Making on Public Employee Retention: The Moderating Influence of Effective Managers

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 400-418

  Grissom, Jason A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

education policy; employee turnover; management effectiveness; participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863570842     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: 15523357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0275074011404209     Document Type: Article

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