To Post or Not to Post: Employee Rights and Social Media

Review of Public Personnel Administration

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 84-107

  Jacobson, Willow S ^a   Tufts, Shannon Howle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

employee rights; First Amendment; Fourth Amendment; social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873674418     PISSN: 0734371X     EISSN: 1552759X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734371X12443265     Document Type: Article

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