Equity, equality and need as determinants of pay allocations: A comparative study of Chinese and US managers

Employee Relations

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 309-320

  Giacobbe Miller, Jane K ^a   Miller, Daniel J ^b   Zhang, Weijun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Towers Perrin Consulting

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EID: 84986098734     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425459710170031     Document Type: Article

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