Human capital, pay structure, and the use of performance measures in bonus compensation

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 198-221

  Widener, Sally K ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonus compensation; Human capital; Non financial measures; Pay structure; Performance measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747811448     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mar.2005.06.001     Document Type: Article

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