Confronting Objections to Performance Pay: A Study of the Impact of Individual and Gain-sharing Incentives on the Job Satisfaction of British Employees
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Keywords
performance-related-pay; job satisfaction; job security; intrinsic satisfaction; sorting;JEL classification:
- J33 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Compensation Packages; Payment Methods
- J28 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BEC-2009-04-05 (Business Economics)
- NEP-CTA-2009-04-05 (Contract Theory & Applications)
- NEP-HAP-2009-04-05 (Economics of Happiness)
- NEP-LAB-2009-04-05 (Labour Economics)
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