Contingencies in the effects of pay range on organizational effectiveness

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 497-531

  Kepes, Sven ^a   Delery, John ^b   Gupta, Nina ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 68949181271     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: 17446570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2009.01146.x     Document Type: Article

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