Compensation as a signal of organizational culture: The effects of advertising individual or collective incentives

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1634-1648

  Kuhn, Kristine M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensation; Individualism collectivism; Recruitment; Variable pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349731549     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190902985293     Document Type: Article

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