Raters Who Pursue Different Goals Give Different Ratings

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 158-164

  Murphy, Kevin R ^a   Cleveland, Jeanette N ^a   Skattebo, Amie L ^a   Kinney, Ted B ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TEACHING;

GOALS; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEACHING;

EID: 1142289890     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.89.1.158     Document Type: Article

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