Assigned goals and task performance in a Caribbean context: Extending management research to an emerging economy

International Journal of Emerging Markets

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 215-235

  Punnett, Betty Jane ^a   Corbin, Edward ^a   Greenidge, Dion ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Caribbean; Performance management; Productivity rate; Targets

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986047346     PISSN: 17468809     EISSN: 17468817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17468800710758378     Document Type: Article

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