The importance of pay in employee motivation: Discrepancies between what people say and what they do

Human Resource Management

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 381-394

  Rynes, Sara L ^a   Gerhart, Barry ^b   Minette, Kathleen A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 10844278162     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20031     Document Type: Review

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