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Does pay for performance diminish intrinsic interest?

Meiyu Fang National Central University, Jhongli City, TaiwanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Barry Gerhart School of Business, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
Pages 1176-1196 | Published online: 24 Jun 2011

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