Accountability in a performance appraisal context: The effect of audience and form of accounting on rater response and behavior

Journal of Management

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 223-252

  Mero, Neal P ^a   Guidice, Rebecca M ^b   Brownlee, Amy L ^c  

^a Association to Advance Collegiate   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Decision making; Performance appraisal

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147181614     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206306297633     Document Type: Article

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