Effects of upward accountability and rating purpose on peer-rater inflation and delay: A field experiment

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 209-214

  Beckner, David ^b   Highhouse, Scott ^a   Hazer, John T ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032016581     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1379(199803)19:2<209::AID-JOB880>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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