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Volume 1, Issue 2
1 March 1998
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Research Article| March 01 1998

Gainsharing perspectives, theory, and designs: A review

Patrick Asubonteng;
Patrick Asubonteng
Rivers Department of Health Services School of Public Health University of California at Los Angeles Los Angeles, California 90095-1775 (310) 825-5491
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Saundra H. Glover;
Saundra H. Glover
Department of Health Administration School of Public Health University of South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina 29208 (803) 777-3618
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George Munchus
George Munchus
Department of Management School of Business University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 (205) 934-8840 FAX (205) 975-6235
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1532-4273
Print ISSN: 1093-4537
Copyright © 1998 by Marcel Dekker, Inc.
1998
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International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior (1998) 1 (2): 181–202.
https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOTB-01-02-1998-B003

Although gainsharing is an old organizational development intervention, the literature has not sought to provide an integrative framework for its study. The purpose of this article is to provide a review of its conceptual perspectives, organizational theory, and design to meet the need of such future research.

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