A drop in the bucket: When is a pay raise a pay raise?

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 117-137

  Mitra, Atul ^b   Gupta, Nina ^a   Jenkins Jr , G Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031093499     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1379(199703)18:2<117::AID-JOB790>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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