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The Dual Role of Wages in Recruitment and Motivation
A firm's wage-setting strategy is central to its operations because the wage level has a dual impact. It simultaneously determines the number of workers the firm can attract and retain (recruitment), and it influences how hard those employees will work, which is the core of the labour discipline problem (motivation).
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