Assessment as practice: Notes on measures, tests, and targets

Human Organization

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 346-358

  Jordan, Brigitte ^a   Putz, Peter ^b  

^a PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Accounting; Assessment; Evaluation; Organizational culture; Side Effects

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; TESTING METHOD; WORKING CONDITIONS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 7244245646     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.63.3.yj2w5y9tmblc422k     Document Type: Article

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