An “expert witness” perspective on performance appraisal in universities and colleges

Employee Relations

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 86-100

  Simmons, John ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic staff; Performance appraisal; Performance management; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 18744414380     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450210416942     Document Type: Article

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