The role of firm size and performance pay in determining employee job satisfaction brief: Firm size, performance pay, and job satisfaction

Labour

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 315-343

  Artz, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FIRM SIZE; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; WAGE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 44649172425     PISSN: 11217081     EISSN: 14679914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9914.2007.00398.x     Document Type: Article

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