Does ownership matter for employee motivation when occupation is controlled for

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Does ownership matter for employee motivation when occupation is controlled for. / Andersen, Lotte Bøgh; Pedersen, Lene Holm.

In: International Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 36, No. 12, 2013, p. 840-856.

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Harvard

Andersen, LB & Pedersen, LH 2013, 'Does ownership matter for employee motivation when occupation is controlled for', International Journal of Public Administration, vol. 36, no. 12, pp. 840-856. https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2013.795162

APA

Andersen, L. B., & Pedersen, L. H. (2013). Does ownership matter for employee motivation when occupation is controlled for. International Journal of Public Administration, 36(12), 840-856. https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2013.795162

Vancouver

Andersen LB, Pedersen LH. Does ownership matter for employee motivation when occupation is controlled for. International Journal of Public Administration. 2013;36(12):840-856. https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2013.795162

Author

Andersen, Lotte Bøgh ; Pedersen, Lene Holm. / Does ownership matter for employee motivation when occupation is controlled for. In: International Journal of Public Administration. 2013 ; Vol. 36, No. 12. pp. 840-856.

Bibtex

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