The dispersion of employees' wage increases and firm performance

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 485-501

  Grund, Christian ^a   Westergaard Nielsen, Niels ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

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EID: 48749121391     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979390806100403     Document Type: Article

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