Public Service Motivation, User Orientation, and Job Satisfaction: A Question of Employment Sector?

International Public Management Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 252-274

  Andersen, Lotte Bøgh ^a   Kjeldsen, Anne Mette ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 84882690301     PISSN: 10967494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10967494.2013.817253     Document Type: Article

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