PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL AND THE EMERGENCE OF MANAGEMENT*

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 221-238

  Townley, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 85007642590     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.1993.tb00302.x     Document Type: Article

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