Performance implications of peer monitoring

Organization Science

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 876-890

  Loughry, Misty L ^a   Tosi, Henry L ^b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Informal control; Peer control; Peer monitoring; Social control

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349202839     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1080.0356     Document Type: Article

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