Perceived fairness of pay: The importance of task versus maintenance inputs in Japan, South Korea, and Hong Kong

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-54

  Kim, Tae Yeol ^a   Weber, Todd J ^b   Leung, Kwok ^a   Muramoto, Yukiko ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross cultural comparison; East Asian differences; Fairness judgements; Organizational justice; Reward allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951951346     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2009.00173.x     Document Type: Article

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