The Impact of Institutional Pressures on Employee Performance Management Systems in Higher Education in the Low Countries

British Journal of Management

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Decramer, Adelien ^a   Smolders, Carine ^a   Vanderstraeten, Alex ^a   Christiaens, Johan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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EID: 84860837331     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2012.00820.x     Document Type: Article

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