Age-related differences in reward preferences

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1262-1276

  von Bonsdorff, Monika E ^a,b  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Age differences; Public health care; Reward preferences; Rewarding; Work motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953748233     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2011.559098     Document Type: Article

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