Sources of political distortions in performance appraisals: Appraisal purpose and rater accountability

Group and Organization Management

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 42-60

  Curtis, Ami B ^a,b   Harvey, Richard D ^a   Ravden, Daran ^a,c  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^c Saint Louis University ^*

Author keywords

Judgment; Organizational politics; Personnel evaluation; Political distortions

Indexed keywords

EID: 12944316339     PISSN: 10596011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059601104267666     Document Type: Review

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