Frame-of-reference training: Overcoming the effects of organizational citizenship behavior on performance rating accuracy

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1224-1240

  Sulsky, Lorne M ^a,c   Skarlicki, Daniel P ^b   Keown, Janine L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 0036624759     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2002.tb01433.x     Document Type: Article

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