Competency and Individual Performance: Modelling the World of Work

Organizational Effectiveness: The Role of Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 227-255

  Kurz, Rainer ^a   Bartram, Dave ^a  

^a SHL Group Plc   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competency; Human resources; Organizational effectiveness; Performance; Psychological science

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948736063     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470696736.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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