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Pay for Performance in Government: The Case of South Korea

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This chapter is partly drawn from my earlier work, Performance-Related Pay in Government: Present Challenges and Suggestions for the Future, Korean Public Personnel Administration Review, 16(1), 75–102 (in Korean).

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Choi, Y. (2020). Pay for Performance in Government: The Case of South Korea. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3808-1

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