Evaluating performance-related pay for managers in the National Health Service

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 348-366

  Dowling, Bernard ^a   Richardson, Ray ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Evaluation; Goal setting theory; Performance related pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 2842576101     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095851997341685     Document Type: Article

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