Free Riding and Workplace Democracy – Heterogeneous Task Preferences and Sorting

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Free Riding and Workplace Democracy – Heterogeneous Task Preferences and Sorting. / Kamei, Kenju; Markussen, Thomas.

I: Management Science, 2023.

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt

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Kamei, K & Markussen, T 2023, 'Free Riding and Workplace Democracy – Heterogeneous Task Preferences and Sorting', Management Science. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3516513, https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2022.4556

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Kamei, K., & Markussen, T. (2023). Free Riding and Workplace Democracy – Heterogeneous Task Preferences and Sorting. Management Science. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3516513, https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2022.4556

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Kamei K, Markussen T. Free Riding and Workplace Democracy – Heterogeneous Task Preferences and Sorting. Management Science. 2023. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3516513, https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2022.4556

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Kamei, Kenju ; Markussen, Thomas. / Free Riding and Workplace Democracy – Heterogeneous Task Preferences and Sorting. I: Management Science. 2023.

Bibtex

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