Legitimacy of team rewards: Analyzing legitimacy as a condition for the effectiveness of team incentive designs

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-66

  Aime, Federico ^a   Meyer, Christopher J ^b   Humphrey, Stephen E ^c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Legitimacy; Management theory; Motivation; Team effectiveness; Team rewards

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349841547     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2009.02.014     Document Type: Article

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