A comparative approach to performance management in France and Germany: the impact of the European and the country-specific environment

European Journal of International Management

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 208-227

  Festing, Marion ^a   Barzantny, Cordula ^b  

^a ESMT European School of Management and Technology   (Germany)

^b TOULOUSE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

culture; employee performance management practices in Europe; human resource management in France; human resource management in Germany; institutions; legal environment; performance appraisal; performance management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969450514     PISSN: 17516757     EISSN: 17516765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2008.017762     Document Type: Article

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