Since when is no news good news? The relationship between performance and response rates in multirater feedback

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 435-451

  Church, Allan H ^a   Rogelberg, Steven G ^b   Waclawski, Janine ^a  

^a WWarner Burke Associates   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034346269     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2000.tb00209.x     Document Type: Article

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