Adapting motivation, control, and compensation research to a new environment?

Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 155-

  Brown, Steven P ^a   Evans, Kenneth R ^b   Mantrala, Murali K ^c   Challagalla, Goutam ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

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EID: 25444522513     PISSN: 08853134     EISSN: 15577813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08853134.2005.10749056     Document Type: Article

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