Measuring the relationship between managerial competencies and performance

Journal of Management

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 360-380

  Levenson, Alec R ^a   Van der Stede, Wim A ^a   Cohen, Susan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competency; Management; Manager effectiveness; Performance; Rewards

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646169360     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206305280789     Document Type: Article

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