Rewarding seniority: Exploring cultural and organizational predictors of seniority allocations

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-186

  Fischer, Ronald ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cross cultural management; Organizational behavior; Power distance; Reward allocation; Seniority; Uncertainty avoidance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; BEHAVIOR; CAREER MOBILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLICY; REWARD; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CAREER MOBILITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GERMANY; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PERSONNEL DOWNSIZING; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; REWARD; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44649088308     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/SOCP.148.2.167-186     Document Type: Conference Paper

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