Employee share ownership and performance: Golden path or golden handcuffs?

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1507-1538

  Sengupta, Sukanya ^a   Whitfield, Keith ^a   McNabb, Bob ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Commitment; Employee share ownership; Performance; Turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548550863     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190701502620     Document Type: Article

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