Motivating devoted workers

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 427-440

  Glazer, Amihai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contracts; Organization of production; Privatization

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL; PRIVATIZATION; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ORGANIZATION OF PRODUCTION; SOCIAL VALUES;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

EID: 1242322513     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2003.10.004     Document Type: Article

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