Awards: A view from psychological economics

Journal of Psychology

Volumn 216, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 198-208

  Frey, Bruno S ^a,b   Neckermann, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CREMA CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ECONOMICS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Awards; Compensation; Incentives; Work motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 56049112375     PISSN: 00443409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0044-3409.216.4.198     Document Type: Review

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