Social incentives in the workplace

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 417-458

  Bandiera, Oriana ^a   Barankay, Iwan ^b   Rasul, Imran ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION SYSTEM; INCENTIVE; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK; WORKING CONDITIONS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77950176382     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-937X.2009.00574.x     Document Type: Article

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