Subjective evaluations with performance feedback.

Firms use subjective performance evaluations to provide employees with both incentives and feedback. This article shows that if an objective measure of performance, however imperfect, is available, subjective evaluations with incentive effects can be sustained even without repeated interaction. Alth...

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Publicado en:RAND Journal of Economics (Wiley-Blackwell) Vol. 45; no. 2; pp. 341 - 370
Autor principal: Zábojník, Ján
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Summer2014
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