Efficiency wages: Signals or incentives? An empirical study of the relationship between wage and commitment

Journal of Management and Governance

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 385-400

  Mühlau, Peter ^a   Lindenberg, Siegwart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Efficiency wages; Framing; Incentives; Japan U.S.; Organizational commitment; Relational signaling; Shirking

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843130657     PISSN: 13853457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026261223790     Document Type: Article

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