The organizational performance cycle: Longitudinal assessment of key factors

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-50

  Steel, Robert P ^a   Van Scotter, James R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competence; Job performance; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042072986     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025030904021     Document Type: Article

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