Reflection as a strategy to enhance task performance after feedback

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-35

  Anseel, Frederik ^a   Lievens, Filip ^a   Schollaert, Eveline ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dual process models; Elaboration; Employee development; Feedback; Feedback reactions; Performance appraisal; Reflection

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249230832     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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