Does pay for performance diminish intrinsic interest?

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1176-1196

  Fang, Meiyu ^a   Gerhart, Barry ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

compensation; intrinsic interest; intrinsic motivation; pay for performance; sorting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857266670     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2011.561227     Document Type: Article

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