Performance management effectiveness: Lessons from world-leading firms

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1294-1311

  Biron, Michal ^a,b   Farndaljaap, Elaine ^b   Paauwe, Jaap ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Communication; Performance management; Performance measurement; Senior management involvement; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953766852     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2011.559100     Document Type: Article

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