Unequal pay, unequal responses? Pay referents and their implications for pay level satisfaction

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 879-886

  Brown, Michelle ^a  

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EID: 0035457540     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6486.00263     Document Type: Article

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