A synergistic performance management model conjoining benchmarking and motivation

Benchmarking

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 767-784

  Goncharuk, Anatoliy G ^a   Monat, Jamie P ^b  

^a ODESSA NATIONAL POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^b WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Employee behaviour; Motivation (psychology); Performance management; Productivity rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 71849090200     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635770911000105     Document Type: Article

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