Exploring How Constraints Created by Other People Influence Intraindividual Variation in Objective Performance Measures

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1149-1158

  Stewart, Greg L ^a   Nandkeolyar, Amit K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptation; job complexity; objective measures; performance stability; situational influence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; HUMAN; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; HUMANS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34548841677     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.92.4.1149     Document Type: Article

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