Wage inequality and team production: An experimental analysis

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-16

  Bartling, Björn ^a   von Siemens, Ferdinand A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Social comparisons; Team production; Wage compression; Wage inequality; Worker morale

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651459103     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2010.09.008     Document Type: Article

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