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Accountability Is Key to Effective Performance Appraisal Systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Robert E. Lewis*
Affiliation:
APTMetrics, Inc.
*
E-mail: blewis@aptmetrics.com, Address: APTMetrics, Inc., One Thorndal Circle, Darien, CT 06820

Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2011 

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