Influence of raters' self-consciousness and appraisal purpose on leniency and accuracy of performance ratings

Psychological Reports

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 323-336

  Jawahar, I M ^a   Stone, Thomas H ^b  

^a SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0345791661     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1997.80.1.323     Document Type: Article

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