An examination of the effect of computerized performance monitoring feedback on monitoring fairness, performance, and satisfaction

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 161-177

  Alder, G Stoney ^a   Ambrose, Maureen L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer performance monitoring; Fairness; Performance feedback

Indexed keywords

EID: 19944398521     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2005.03.003     Document Type: Article

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