A review of the time management literature

Personnel Review

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 255-276

  Claessens, Brigitte J C ^a   Eerde, Wendelien Van ^a   Rutte, Christel G ^a   Roe, Robert A ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Control; Job satisfaction; Performance management; Time measurement; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846664458     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480710726136     Document Type: Article

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