Looking at a job's social impact through psm-tinted lenses: Probing the motivation-perception relationship

Public Administration

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 826-842

  Stritch, Justin M ^a   Christensen, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 84919618324     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/padm.12043     Document Type: Article

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