Gift giving and worker productivity: Evidence from a firm-level experiment
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Article history: Received 12 December 2007 Available online 24 December 2008 JEL classification: J33 M52 C93
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Games and Economic Behavior
دوره 67 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009