What makes performance-related pay schemes work? Finnish evidence

Journal of Management and Governance

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-177

  Kauhanen, Antti ^a   Piekkola, Hannu ^b  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b Elinkeinoelaman Tutkimuslaitos   (Finland)

Author keywords

Design of incentive schemes; Effort provision; Employee involvement; Motivation; Performance related pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645983651     PISSN: 13853457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10997-006-0005-z     Document Type: Article

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