A covariance structure analysis of employees' response to performance feedback

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1057-1069

  Kinicki, Angelo J ^a,d   Wu, Bin ^a   Prussia, Gregory E ^b   McKee Ryan, Frances M ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; EMPLOYMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 10944223634     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.89.6.1057     Document Type: Article

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