Monitoring, Motivation and Management: The Determinants of Opportunistic Behavior in a Field Experiment
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- Daniel S. Nagin & James B. Rebitzer & Seth Sanders & Lowell J. Taylor, 2002. "Monitoring, Motivation, and Management: The Determinants of Opportunistic Behavior in a Field Experiment," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 92(4), pages 850-873, September.
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- J2 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor
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