Typical performance, maximal performance, and performance variability: Expanding our understanding of how organizations value performance

Human Performance

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 259-274

  Barnes, Christopher M ^a   Morgeson, Frederick P ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34547195840     PISSN: 08959285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08959280701333289     Document Type: Article

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