Getting a bonus: Social networks, performance, and reward among commercial bankers

Organization Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-59

  Mizruchi, Mark S ^a   Stearns, Linda Brewster ^b   Fleischer, Anne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bankers; Compensation; Performance; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 79851483571     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1090.0516     Document Type: Article

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