The effects of goal setting and feedback on manufacturing productivity: A field experiment

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management

Volumn 55, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 346-358

  Stansfield, Timothy C ^a   Longenecker, Clinton O ^b,c  

^a IET Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Feedback; Manufacturing industries; Operations and production management; Productivity rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645674791     PISSN: 17410401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410400610653273     Document Type: Article

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