Performance Pay and Productivity: A Note on the Moderating Role of a High-wage Policy

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 507-511

  Jirjahn, Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

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EID: 84959441013     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.2786     Document Type: Article

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