When Does 360-Degree Feedback Create Behavior Change? And How Would We Know It When It Does?

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-192

  Bracken, David W ^a   Rose, Dale S ^b  

^a OrgVitality LLC   (United States)

^b 3D Group   (United States)

Author keywords

360 Degree feedback; Behavior change; Human resource systems; Multisource feedback; Organization change

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956110916     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-011-9218-5     Document Type: Article

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