Variable payment schemes and industrial relations: Evidence from Germany

Kyklos

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 237-257

  Heywood, John S ^a   Hübler, Olaf ^b   Jirjahn, Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

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EID: 0000606130     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6435.00047     Document Type: Article

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