Student Self-Assessment and Multisource Feedback Assessment: Exploring Benefits, Limitations, and Remedies

Journal of Management Education

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 359-383

  Taylor, Scott N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

360 degree assessment; management education; multisource feedback assessment; self assessment; self awareness; self concept

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900424877     PISSN: 10525629     EISSN: 15526658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1052562913488111     Document Type: Article

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