Pay system characteristics and quit patterns of good, average, and poor performers

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 903-928

  Shaw, Jason D ^a   Gupta, Nina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 36148986828     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: 17446570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2007.00095.x     Document Type: Article

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