Standardized goals and performance feedback aggregated beyond the work unit: Optimizing the use of engineered labor standards and electronic performance monitoring

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2425-2437

  Goomas, David T ^a   Ludwig, Timothy D ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dean Foods   (United States)

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EID: 70349675598     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2009.00532.x     Document Type: Article

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