Peer assessment, individual performance, and contribution to group processes: The impact of rater anonymity

Group and Organization Management

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 344-377

  Bamberger, Peter A ^a   Erev, Ido ^a   Kimmel, Michal ^a   Oref Chen, Tali ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Game theory; Multisource feedback; Peer assessment; Performance evaluation; Rater anonymity

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844488150     PISSN: 10596011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059601104267619     Document Type: Article

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