The management of poor performance by front-line managers

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 951-962

  Goodhew, Geoffrey W ^a   Cammock, Peter A ^b   Hamilton, Robert T ^b  

^a Optima Corporation ^*  (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Best practice; Management development; Managers; New Zealand; Performance appraisal

Indexed keywords

EID: 53249086005     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621710810901291     Document Type: Article

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