Holistic versus decomposed ratings of general dimensions of work activity

Management Research News

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 724-734

  Gibson, Shanan G ^a   Harris, Michael L ^a   Harvey, Robert J ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Database management; Job analysis; Job titles; Task descriptions; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992925004     PISSN: 01409174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409170710823449     Document Type: Article

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