A proposed white-collar workforce performance measurement framework

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 644-662

  Takala, Josu ^a   Suwansaranyu, Udomsak ^b   Phusavat, Kongkiti ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

^b Mitsubishi Fuso Truck   (Thailand)

^c KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Performance measures; White collar workers

Indexed keywords

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; MEASUREMENT THEORY; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHICAL PROCESS; MULTI-DIMENSION MEASUREMENT PROCESS; PERFORMANCE MEASURES; WHITE-COLLAR WORKERS;

PERSONNEL;

EID: 33646345822     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570610666421     Document Type: Article

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