Salary and decision making: Relationship between pay and focus on financial profitability and prosociality in an organizational context

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 402-420

  Jordan, Jennifer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77949697296     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2009.00580.x     Document Type: Article

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