Fancy seeing you here...again: Uncovering individual‐level panel data in repeated cross‐sectional surveys.

Many theories in Public Administration and Public Management explicitly relate to changes over time in the attitudes, values, perceptions, and/or motivations of public‐sector employees. Examining such theories using (repeated) cross‐sectional datasets may lead to biased inferences and an inability t...

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Publicado en:Public Administration Review Vol. 83; no. 6; pp. 1761 - 1772
Autor principal: Geys, Benny
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Nov2023
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