Motivation strategies for knowledge workers: Evidences and challenges

Journal of Technology Management and Innovation

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 21-32

  Petroni, Alberto ^a   Colacino, Pierluigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Engineering; Job satisfaction; Motivation; R D; Reward; Skilled workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049097506     PISSN: None     EISSN: 07182724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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