Performance-Based Pay in the Australian Public Service: Employee Perspectives

Review of Public Personnel Administration

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 20-34

  O'donnel, Michael ^a   O'brien, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 84993730782     PISSN: 0734371X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734371X0002000203     Document Type: Article

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