Reconciling effectiveness and equity in performance management: A stakeholder synthesis approach to organizational systems design

Systemic Practice and Action Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 355-365

  Simmons, John ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Organizational justice; Stakeholder analysis; Systems design

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843079656     PISSN: 1094429X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027306907275     Document Type: Review

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