Doing better while doing good: Motivational aspects of pay-for-performance effectiveness in nonprofit organizations

Voluntas

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 117-136

  Theuvsen, Ludwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compensation; Institutional theory; Motivation; Pay for performance effectiveness

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

EID: 3042698267     PISSN: 09578765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:VOLU.0000033177.16367.e3     Document Type: Article

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