Wage equity and employee motivation in nonprofit and for-profit organizations

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 423-446

  Leete, Laura ^a  

^a WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

J31; L31; Nonprofit institutions; Wage equity; Worker motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042493166     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-2681(00)00129-3     Document Type: Article

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