Attitudes to pay systems: An exploratory study within and across cultures

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages

  Mamman, Aminu ^a   Sulaiman, Mohamed ^b   Fadel, Alfadli ^c  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^c KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Attitudes to pay systems; Comparative study of attitudes to pay systems; Pay systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041382042     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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