Utilitarianism or romanticism: The effect of rewards on employees' innovative behaviour

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-98

  Zhou, Yu ^a   Zhang, Yingying ^b   Montoro Sánchez, Ángeles ^b  

^a Renmin Business School   (China)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

China; Entrepreneurialism; Innovation; Performance related pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952743545     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437721111121242     Document Type: Article

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