A preliminary investigation of the effect of rules on employee performance

Journal of Organizational Behavior Management

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-69

  Squires, James ^a,b   Wilder, David A ^a  

^a FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Devereux Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Goal setting; Performance; Praise; Reprimands; Rule governed behavior; Rules

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949333723     PISSN: 01608061     EISSN: 15408604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01608060903529756     Document Type: Article

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