Pay incentives and truck driver safety: A case study

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 205-225

  Rodríguez, Daniel A ^a   Targa, Felipe ^b   Belzer, Michael H ^c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33646764180     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979390605900202     Document Type: Article

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