Working hard for the money? Efficiency wages and worker effort

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 351-385

  Goldsmith, Arthur H ^a   Veum, Jonathan R ^b   Darity Jr , William ^c  

^a WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FREDDIE MAC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

3000; 3630; E24; Employee benefits; Employee motivation; J6; Locus of control; Salaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012980352     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4870(00)00008-8     Document Type: Article

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