Perceptions of politics and fairness in merit pay

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 229-251

  Salimäki, Aino ^a   Jämsén, Sini ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finland; Government departments; Individual perception; Organizational politics; Performance appraisal; Performance related pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952221506     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683941011023721     Document Type: Article

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