Motivation of scientists in a government research institute: Scientists' perceptions and the role of management

Management Decision

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1325-1343

  Jindal Snape, Divya ^a   Snape, Jonathan B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Incentivespsychology; Management roles; Motivationpsychology; Sciences

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750973058     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740610715678     Document Type: Article

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