Measuring Public Service Motivation: Exploring the Equivalence of Existing Global Measures

International Public Management Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 197-223

  Wright, Bradley E ^a   Christensen, Robert K ^b   Pandey, Sanjay K ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84879155420     PISSN: 10967494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10967494.2013.817242     Document Type: Article

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