Performance ratings and importance of performance measures for IS staff: the different perceptions of IS users and IS staff

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 424-434

  Jiang, James J ^a   Sobol, Marion G ^b   Klein, Gary ^c  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERFORMANCE; PERSONNEL; PERSONNEL RATING; PERSONNEL SELECTION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CONGRUENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEM STAFF; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PERFORMANCE MEASURES; PERFORMANCE RATING;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0034313537     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/17.895338     Document Type: Article

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