Does performance pay increase job satisfaction?

Economica

Volumn 75, Issue 300, 2008, Pages 710-728

  Green, Colin ^a   Heywood, John S ^b,c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EID: 54049130470     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2007.00649.x     Document Type: Article

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