Employee performance management: Policies and practices in multinational enterprises

Performance Management Systems: A Global Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 15-39

  Briscoe, Dennis R ^a   Claus, Lisbeth M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 64549110740     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203885673-2     Document Type: Chapter

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