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Development and Validation of the Performance Management Behavior Questionnaire

  1. Angelo J. Kinicki1,
  2. Kathryn J. L. Jacobson2,
  3. Suzanne J. Peterson3,
  4. Gregory E. Prussia4

Article first published online: 12 NOV 2012

DOI: 10.1111/peps.12013

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Personnel Psychology

Personnel Psychology

Volume 66, Issue 1, pages 1–45, Spring 2013

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Kinicki, A. J., Jacobson, K. J. L., Peterson, S. J. and Prussia, G. E. (2013), Development and Validation of the Performance Management Behavior Questionnaire. Personnel Psychology, 66: 1–45. doi: 10.1111/peps.12013

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  1. 1

    Arizona State University

  2. 2

    University of New Mexico

  3. 3

    Arizona State University

  4. 4

    Seattle University

*Angelo Kinicki, Department of Management, W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University, PO Box 874006, Tempe, AZ 85287-4006; angelo.kinicki@asu.edu.

  1. A previous version of this paper was presented at the Southern Management Association meeting in Savannah, Georgia, 2011. The survey validated in this study—the Performance Management Behavior Questionnaire (PMBQ)—is copyrighted by Kinicki and Associates, Inc.

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  1. Issue published online: 13 FEB 2013
  2. Article first published online: 12 NOV 2012
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 23 SEP 2012 08:58PM EST

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