Assessing self-awareness: Some issues and methods

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 395-404

  Fletcher, Clive ^a   Bailey, Caroline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feedback; Performance; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141636521     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940310484008     Document Type: Article

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