Moving forward to employee commitment in the public sector: Does it matter?

International Review of Public Administration

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 13-24

  Lee, Seok Hwan ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Employee commitment; Performance; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012497947     PISSN: 12294659     EISSN: 23317795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/12294659.2004.10805025     Document Type: Article

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