Management by objectives - An effective tool fro teamwork?

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 174-184

  Antoni, Conny ^a  

^a ABO Psychologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Goal commitment; Goal setting; Group effectiveness; Management by objectives; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

EID: 12844251941     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0958519042000311381     Document Type: Article

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