Antecedents and Consequences of Merit Pay Fairness for Industrial Salespeople

Journal of Marketing

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 46-66

  Ramaswami, Sridhar N ^a   Singh, Jagdip ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0242350322     PISSN: 00222429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1509/jmkg.67.4.46.18690     Document Type: Article

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