National differences in incentive compensation practices: The differing roles of financial performance measurement in the United States and the Netherlands

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-84

  Jansen, E Pieter ^a   Merchant, Kenneth A ^b   Van der Stede, Wim A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 56949097210     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aos.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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