Individual monetary incentives: A review of different types of arrangements between performance and pay

Journal of Organizational Behavior Management

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 45-137

  Bucklin, Barbara R ^a   Dickinson, Alyce M ^b  

^a Accelerated Multimedia Education   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Individual monetary incentives; Literature review; Performance based monetary incentives; Proportion of monetary incentive pay to wage based pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035740472     PISSN: 01608061     EISSN: 15408604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J075v21n03_03     Document Type: Article

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