Strategic incentives to human capital

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 37-52

  Gambardella, Alfonso ^a   Panico, Claudio ^a   Valentini, Giovanni ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

asymmetric information; autonomy; complementary assets; knowledge workers; strategic human capital

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MOTIVATION;

ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION; AUTONOMY; COMPLEMENTARY ASSETS; KNOWLEDGE WORKERS; STRATEGIC HUMAN CAPITALS;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84918835073     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2200     Document Type: Article

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