When time is money: The effect of hourly payment on the evaluation of time

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-13

  DeVoe, Sanford E ^a   Pfeffer, Jeffrey ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hourly wage; Money; Organizational practices; Time

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547923197     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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