Compensation practices in central and eastern european eu member states-An analytical framework based on institutional perspectives, path dependencies, and efficiency considerations

Thunderbird International Business Review

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 203-216

  Festing, Marion ^a   Sahakiants, Ihar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^b NONE

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EID: 77951019562     PISSN: 10964762     EISSN: 15206874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tie.20325     Document Type: Article

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