The Effects of Training on Own and Co-worker Productivity: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Economic Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 560, 2012, Pages 376-399

  De Grip, Andries ^a,b   Sauermann, Jan ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TRAINING;

EID: 84859735378     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2012.02500.x     Document Type: Article

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