Contextual and individual difference factors predicting individuals' desire to provide upward feedback

Group and Organization Management

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 503-529

  Kudisch, Jeffrey D ^a,d   Fortunato, Vincent J ^b   Smith, Austin F R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Pine Grove Behavioral Health and Addiction Services   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Multirater feedback; Multisource feedback; Performance appraisal; Rater accuracy; Rater motivation; Rater participation; Upward feedback

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745776068     PISSN: 10596011     EISSN: 15523993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059601106286888     Document Type: Article

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