Understanding performance appraisal fairness

Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 132-150

  Kavanagh, Peter ^a   Benson, John ^b   Brown, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Employee reactions; Fairness; Performance appraisal

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849116261     PISSN: 10384111     EISSN: 17447941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1038411107079108     Document Type: Article

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