Knowledge workers' perceptions of performance ratings

Journal of Workplace Learning

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 146-166

  Smith, Alan D ^a   Rupp, William T ^b  

^a ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO   (United States)

Author keywords

Expectancy theory; Knowledge organizations; Performance appraisal; Reward pay structures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993012801     PISSN: 13665626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13665620410528506     Document Type: Article

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