Demographic and personality predictors of congruence in multi-source ratings

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 417-435

  Brutus, Stéphane ^a   Fleenor, John W ^b   Mccauley, Cynthia D ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b Global Research and Evaluation   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographics; Feedback; Performance measurement; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986173474     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621719910273569     Document Type: Article

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