Is there a preferred performance rating format? A non-psychometric perspective

Applied Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 479-503

  Tziner, Aharon ^a   Kopelman, Richard E ^b  

^a NETANYA ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 0036661224     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1464-0597.00104     Document Type: Article

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