A bibliography about a changed federal government workplace

International Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 26, Issue 10-11, 2003, Pages 1289-1302

  Oman, Ray C ^a   Athanasaw, Yvonne A ^b   Gabriel, Ronald L ^c   Garrett, Jacqueline J ^d   Godwin, Nilda D ^e   Malmberg, Kenneth B ^f  

^a ASPA Department of the Navy   (United States)

^b US Postal Service   (United States)

^c Gabriel Government Group   (United States)

^d US Department of Agriculture ^*  (United States)

^e U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^f United States Coast Guard   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; American workers; American workplace; Attack on government; Change; Civil Service; Contract out; Corporations; Demolition politics; Dismantling government; Downsize; Dr. Paul Light; Effectiveness; Efficiency; Federal government; Government employees; Government workplace; Layoff; Literature review; Management; Outsourcing; Personnel management practices; Political appointees; Political officials; Practitioners; Privatize; Professor Chester A. Newland; Professor James P. Pfiffner; Recommendations for reform; Reform; Replace workers; Retrenchment; Weakened government; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 85055302147     PISSN: 01900692     EISSN: 15324265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/PAD-120019933     Document Type: Article

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