Toward performance-based compensation: A study of the gaps between organizational practices and employee preferences with regard to compensation criteria in the state-owned sector in China

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1986-2010

  Wu, Peiguan ^a   Chen, Tingting ^b   Leung, Kwok ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Compensation criteria; Gaps; State owned enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957854490     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2011.573974     Document Type: Article

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