Contextual Determinants of Variable Pay Plan Design: A Proposed Research Framework

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 289-305

  Miceli, Marcia P ^a   Heneman, Robert L ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0041781546     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-4822(00)00030-9     Document Type: Article

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