National cultures, performance appraisal practices, and organizational absenteeism and turnover: A study across 21 countries

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 448-459

  Peretz, Hilla ^a   Fried, Yitzhak ^b  

^a ORT BRAUDE COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

National values; Organizational outcomes; Performance appraisal

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; PERSONALITY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL DISTANCE; STATISTICS; UNCERTAINTY;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONALITY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL DISTANCE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84862309680     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026011     Document Type: Article

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