Where does public service motivation count the most in government work environments? A preliminary empirical investigation and hypotheses

Public Personnel Management

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-26

  Bright, Leonard ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Job performance; Job satisfaction; Person environment fit; Person job fit; Person organization fit; Public service motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883355579     PISSN: 00910260     EISSN: 19457421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0091026013484575     Document Type: Article

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