Attitudes towards different sources of executive appraisal: A comparison of Hong Kong Chinese and American managers in Hong Kong

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 965-987

  Entrekin, Lanny ^a   Chun, Yee Wah ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

360 degree feedback; Convergence divergence; Cross cultural; Crossvergence; Performance appraisal

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142150609     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190110063183     Document Type: Article

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