Payment by results systems: British evidence

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-22

  Heywood, John S ^a   Siebert, W S ^c   Wei, Xiangdong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c NONE

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EID: 0031524587     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8543.00038     Document Type: Article

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