Importance of system and leadership in performance appraisal

Personnel Review

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 756-776

  Tuytens, Melissa ^a   Devos, Geert ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Charismatic leadership; Feedback utility; Performance appraisal; Procedural justice; Secondary education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866716056     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483481211263692     Document Type: Article

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