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Professional norms, public service motivation and economic incentives : What motivates public employees? / Andersen, Lotte Bøgh.

Ikke angivet. Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus, 2007. p. 1-20.

Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research

Harvard

Andersen, LB 2007, Professional norms, public service motivation and economic incentives: What motivates public employees? in Ikke angivet. Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus, pp. 1-20, EGPA conference 2007, Madrid, Spain, 19/09/2007.

APA

Andersen, L. B. (2007). Professional norms, public service motivation and economic incentives: What motivates public employees? In Ikke angivet (pp. 1-20). Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus.

CBE

Andersen LB. 2007. Professional norms, public service motivation and economic incentives: What motivates public employees?. In Ikke angivet. Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus. pp. 1-20.

MLA

Andersen, Lotte Bøgh "Professional norms, public service motivation and economic incentives: What motivates public employees?". Ikke angivet. Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus. 2007, 1-20.

Vancouver

Andersen LB. Professional norms, public service motivation and economic incentives: What motivates public employees? In Ikke angivet. Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus. 2007. p. 1-20

Author

Andersen, Lotte Bøgh. / Professional norms, public service motivation and economic incentives : What motivates public employees?. Ikke angivet. Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus, 2007. pp. 1-20

Bibtex

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