Differentiation and Performance: An Empirical Investigation on the Incentive Effects of Bonus Plans
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Keywords
subjective performance evaluation; differentiation; bonus payments; incentives;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- M52 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects
- D23 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BEC-2011-11-14 (Business Economics)
- NEP-HRM-2011-11-14 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
- NEP-LAB-2011-11-14 (Labour Economics)
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