Team performance based compensation plans: Implications for human resources and quality improvement from agency theory perspective

International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-91

  Akdere, Mesut ^a   Yilmaz, Tuncay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b SAKARYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Human resources; Quality improvement; Team compensation plans

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745822485     PISSN: 14656612     EISSN: 17415160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijhrdm.2006.009750     Document Type: Article

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