The impact of salary dispersion and performance bonuses in NFL organizations

Management Decision

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 110-123

  Mondello, Mike ^a   Maxcy, Joel ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Economics; Football; Incentive schemes; Team performance; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349497162     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740910929731     Document Type: Article

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