Performance-based pay, procedural justice and job performance for R&D professionals: Evidence from the taiwanese high-tech sector

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2234-2248

  Chien, Michael S ^a   Lawler, John S ^b   Uen, Jin Feng ^c  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

High tech organizations; Job performance; Performance based pay; Procedural justice; R d professionals; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957758180     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2010.509626     Document Type: Article

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