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Inaccurate Performance Ratings Are a Reflection of Larger Organizational Issues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Michael M. Harris ,
Dan Ispas  and
Greg F. Schmidt
Michael M. Harris*
Affiliation:
University of Missouri-St. Louis
Dan Ispas
Affiliation:
University of South Florida
Greg F. Schmidt
Affiliation:
University of South Florida
*
E-mail: mharris@umsl.edu, Address: College of Business Administration, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 1 University Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63121
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , June 2008 , pp. 190 - 193
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2008 

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*

Department of Management and Center for International Studies, College of Business Administration, University of Missouri-St. Louis

**

Department of Psychology, University of South Florida

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