The Impact of Goals and Pay on Feedback-Seeking Behavior

Psychological Record

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 217-232

  Slowiak, Julie M ^a   Nuetzman, Ashley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Assigned performance goals; Feedback seeking behavior; Pay systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919666015     PISSN: 00332933     EISSN: 21633452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40732-014-0031-1     Document Type: Article

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