Changing the 'line of sight' on payment systems: A study of shop-floor workers and managers within the British chemical industry

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 924-940

  Bell, Emma ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compensation management; Effort reward bargain; Human resource management; New industrial relations; Payment systems; Reward

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007337787     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095851999340233     Document Type: Article

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