Globalization of performance appraisals: Theory and applications

Management Decision

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 570-585

  Appelbaum, Steven H ^a   Roy, Michel ^b   Gilliland, Terry ^c  

^a John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

^b St Laurent ^*  (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Best practice; Globalization; Multinational companies; Performance appraisal; Workplace training

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955666986     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251741111126495     Document Type: Review

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