Attitudes towards benefits among entrepreneurial employees

Personnel Review

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 683-693

  Carraher, Shawn M ^a   Hart, Darren E ^b   Carraher, Charles E ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Victoria's Secret   (United States)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefits; Compensation; Pay structures; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242338750     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480310498666     Document Type: Article

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