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James L. Perry, Beth Ann Petrakis, Theodore K. Miller, Federal Merit Pay, Round II: An Analysis of the Performance Management and Recognition System, Public Administration Review, Vol. 49, No. 1 (Jan. - Feb., 1989), pp. 29-37
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