Consequences of the performance appraisal experience

Personnel Review

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 375-396

  Brown, Michelle ^a   Hyatt, Douglas ^b   Benson, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Employee turnover; Job satisfaction; Organizational behaviour; Pay; Performance appraisal; Performance management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952228168     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483481011030557     Document Type: Article

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