The fight for the alpha position:: Channeling status competition in organizations

European Management Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 16-25

  Loch, Christoph ^a   Yaziji, Michael ^a   Langen, Christian ^b  

^a INSEAD   (France)

^b IhrPreisde AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Incentive systems; Organizations; Status competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041404269     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-2373(00)00067-0     Document Type: Article

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