Behavioral Ambidexterity: The Impact of Incentive Schemes on Productivity, Motivation, and Performance of Employees in Commercial Banks

Human Resource Management

Volumn 54, Issue , 2015, Pages s45-s62

  Faisal Ahammad, Mohammad ^a   Mook Lee, Sang ^b   Malul, Miki ^c   Shoham, Amir ^d  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Penn State Great Valley ^*  (United States)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pay for performance; Reward systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952715644     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.21668     Document Type: Article

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