AGENCY THEORY AND VARIABLE PAY COMPENSATION STRATEGIES.
Academy of Management JournalPublished 1 June 1996
Linda K. Stroh, J. M. Brett, Joseph P. Baumann, Anne H. Reilly
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This study used a sample of middle-level managers to investigate the effects of organization-level agency-theory-based variables on the proportion of variable compensation that managers receive. Le...
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