Influence of compensation strategies in Canadian technology-intensive firms on organizational and human resources performance

Group and Organization Management

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 269-302

  Tremblay, Michel ^a,b   Chênevert, Denis ^a  

^a Cole des Hautes Tudes Commerciales de Montral ^*

^b HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compensation strategies; Contingency perspective; High technology; Human resource performance; Pay for performance; Rewards communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 43949146667     PISSN: 10596011     EISSN: 15523993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059601107313310     Document Type: Article

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