Pay enough, don't pay too much or don't pay at all? The impact of bonus intensity on job satisfaction

Kyklos

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 597-626

  Pouliakas, Konstantinos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL SYSTEM; INCENTIVE; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; MICROECONOMICS; SELF DETERMINATION; WAGE DETERMINATION; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 77958515709     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: 14676435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.2010.00490.x     Document Type: Article

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