An Empirical Study of Reward and Incentive Systems in German Entrepreneurial firms

Schmalenbach Business Review - Tập 59 - Trang 160-175 - 2017
Frank Bau1, Michael Dowling2
1E.ON Bayern AG, Regensburg, Germany
2University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

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In this paper we present the results of a study analyzing the impact of an entrepreneurial company’s initial organization on the structure of its reward and incentive systems, using data from entrepreneurial firms in Germany. the results suggest that the educational level of employees has the strongest impact on the application of different financial and nonfinancial rewards. Our findings also suggest that entrepreneurial companies in Germany rarely implement sophisticated financial reward systems.

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