Fair or foul?: The effects of external, internal, and employee equity on changes in performance of Major League Baseball players

Human Relations

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1291-1311

  Werner, Steve ^a   Mero, Neal P ^b  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensation; Equity; Overpayment; Pay; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039529173     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001872679905201004     Document Type: Article

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