The development of a feedback environment and role clarity model of job performance

Journal of Management

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 570-591

  Whitaker, Brian G ^a   Dahling, Jason J ^a   Levy, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Feedback context; Feedback environment; Feedback seeking; Feedback sources; Job performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447629376     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206306297581     Document Type: Article

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