The value of common perspectives in self-reported appraisals: You get what you ask for

Organizational Research Methods

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 148-159

  Schoorman, F David ^a,c   Mayer, Roger C ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appraisal; Performance; Perspectives; Self report; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 37149023615     PISSN: 10944281     EISSN: 15527425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094428107307168     Document Type: Article

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