Does public service performance affect top management turnover?Citation formats

  • Authors:
  • George A. Boyne
  • Oliver James
  • Peter John
  • Nicolai Petrovsky

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Does public service performance affect top management turnover? / Boyne, George A.; James, Oliver; John, Peter; Petrovsky, Nicolai.

In: Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Vol. 20, No. 2, 07.2010, p. 261-279.

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Boyne, GA, James, O, John, P & Petrovsky, N 2010, 'Does public service performance affect top management turnover?', Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 261-279. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muq024

APA

Boyne, G. A., James, O., John, P., & Petrovsky, N. (2010). Does public service performance affect top management turnover? Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 20(2), 261-279. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muq024

Vancouver

Boyne GA, James O, John P, Petrovsky N. Does public service performance affect top management turnover? Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. 2010 Jul;20(2):261-279. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muq024

Author

Boyne, George A. ; James, Oliver ; John, Peter ; Petrovsky, Nicolai. / Does public service performance affect top management turnover?. In: Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. 2010 ; Vol. 20, No. 2. pp. 261-279.

Bibtex

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