360° Feedback: A critical enquiry

Personnel Review

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 663-680

  Morgan, Arthur ^a   Cannan, Kath ^a   Cullinane, Joanne ^b  

^a University of Glamorgan   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

360 degree feedback; Civil service; Public sector organizations; Public sector reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444524565     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480510623457     Document Type: Article

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