The dilemma of performance appraisal

Measuring Business Excellence

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 69-77

  Prowse, Peter ^a   Prowse, Julie ^b  

^a BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Performance appraisal; Performance measurement (quality); Performance related pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049094579     PISSN: 13683047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13683040911006800     Document Type: Review

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