Taking advantage of social comparisons in performance appraisal: The relative percentile method

Human Resource Management

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 251-268

  Goffin, Richard D ^a   Jelley, R Blake ^b   Powell, Deborah M ^c   Johnston, Norman G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d Toronto Ontario ^*  (Canada)

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EID: 67650326615     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20278     Document Type: Article

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