Looking forward to performance improvement: A field test of the feedforward interview for performance management

Human Resource Management

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 45-54

  Budworth, Marie Hélène ^a   Latham, Gary P ^b   Manroop, Laxmikant ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feedforward interview; Performance appraisal; Performance management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921807416     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.21618     Document Type: Article

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