Interpersonal affect and peer rating bias in teams

Small Group Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 86-111

  Taggar, Simon ^a   Brown, Travor C ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appraisal bias; Appraisal errors; Interpersonal affect; Peer appraisals

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644983197     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: 15528278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496405284382     Document Type: Article

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