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Comparative analysis of public service employee surveys

12 Feb 2010

Page 2 Acronyms CSDES   Survey  designed  and  executed  by  the  Centre  for  the  Study  of  Democracy,      Queen's University   MPA    Queen’s Masters of Public Administration Alumni respondents to CSDES OPSES 2009   Ontario Public Service Employment Survey  PEP    Queen’s Public Executive Program participants respondents to CSDES PSES    2008 Federal Public Service Employment Survey . [...] Closing the Implementation Gap: Comparison of Employee Satisfaction Surveys sense  of  personal  leadership  and  how  it  contributes  to  the  mission  of  the  organization  where they work.  PSES Q10.  I know how my work contributes to  the achievement of my department’s or agency’s  81.0% 19.0% goals  CSDES17.
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accountability government education politics economy psychology behavioural sciences business civil service employment human resources job satisfaction labour leadership recruitment further education employee retention civil and public service employee retention recruiting recruit stafqing employee attitude surveys

Authors

Burch, Julie

Pages
32
Published in
Canada

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