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Base Salaries, Bonus Payments, and Work Absence among Managers in a German Company

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Base Salaries, Bonus Payments, and Work Absence among Managers in a German Company. / Pfeifer, Christian.
Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 2012. (Working paper series in economics; No. 259).

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Pfeifer, C 2012 'Base Salaries, Bonus Payments, and Work Absence among Managers in a German Company' Working paper series in economics, no. 259, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg.

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Pfeifer, C. (2012). Base Salaries, Bonus Payments, and Work Absence among Managers in a German Company. (Working paper series in economics; No. 259). Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg.

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Pfeifer C. Base Salaries, Bonus Payments, and Work Absence among Managers in a German Company. Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg. 2012. (Working paper series in economics; 259).

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