The Motivational Effects of Pay Fairness: A Longitudinal Study in Chinese Star-Level Hotels

Cornell Hospitality Quarterly

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 185-198

  Wu, Xiaoyi ^a   Sturman, Michael C ^b   Wang, Chunben ^c  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; longitudinal study; pay fairness; work effort; work performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875603612     PISSN: 19389655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1938965512471891     Document Type: Article

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