Does my Boss's gender matter? explaining job satisfaction and employee turnover in the public sector

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 649-673

  Grissom, Jason A ^a   Nicholson Crotty, Jill ^b   Keiser, Lael ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 84867030458     PISSN: 10531858     EISSN: 14779803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jopart/mus004     Document Type: Article

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