A wage incentive plan for branch managers using the DEA methodology

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 326-338

  Hadad, Yossi ^a   Keren, Baruch ^b   Barkai, Ofer ^a  

^a Shamoon College of Engineering   (Israel)

^b University of Israel   (Israel)

Author keywords

Incentive schemes; Israel; Managers; Organizational structures; Pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955575103     PISSN: 17410401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410401111123517     Document Type: Article

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