Not So Fluid and Not So Meaningful: Toward an Appreciation of Content-Specific Compensation

Psychological Inquiry

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 339-345

  Galinsky, Adam D ^a   Whitson, Jennifer A ^b   Huang, L ^c   Rucker, Derek D ^d  

^a The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c INSEAD   (France)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84870713747     PISSN: 1047840X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047840X.2012.730978     Document Type: Article

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