Is bigger better? Explaining the relationship between organization size and job rewards

American Sociological Review

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-66

  Kalleberg, Arne L ^a   Van Buren, Mark E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Amer Soc for Train and Devmt ^*

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EID: 0001913321     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2096406     Document Type: Article

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