Performance assessment of functional managers in the high-technology sector

International Journal of Services and Standards

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 32-53

  Lin, Ping ^a   Liu, Lai C ^a   Koong, Kai S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional managers; Performance assessment; Performance evaluation; Performance measure; Performance standards; Service and standards; Service assessment; Technology managers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745052949     PISSN: 17408849     EISSN: 17408857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSS.2006.008158     Document Type: Article

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