Accountability, impression management, and goal setting in the performance evaluation process

Human Relations

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1259-1283

  Frink, Dwight D ^a   Ferris, Gerald R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Goal setting; Impression management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039393951     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001872679805101003     Document Type: Article

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