On the use of incentive pay in Chinese state-owned enterprises: The role of hierarchy

Labour

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 299-314

  Bodmer, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; INCENTIVE; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE; WAGE DETERMINATION;

CHINA;

EID: 0141940691     PISSN: 11217081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9914.00232     Document Type: Article

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