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DeVries David L. (chairman), “Performance Appraisal and Feedback: Flies in the Ointment,” Symposium presented at the 84th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C., 1976.

Cummings L. L. Schwab Donald P. , Performance in Organizations (Glenview, Ill.: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1973), chapters 6 and 7.

McGregor Douglas , The Human Side of Enterprise (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1960), chapter 6; Argyris Chris , Personality and Organization: The Conflict Between The System and The Individual (New York: Harper & Bros., 1957), and Integrating the Individual and the Organization (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1964), chapter 12; and Drucker Peter F. , The Practice of Management (New York: Harper & Bros., 1954).

Meyer Herbert Kay Emanual French John R. F. Jr. , “Split Roles in Performance Appraisal,” Harvard Business Review (1965), p. 123ff.

Beer Michael Run Robert , “Employee Growth Through Performance Management,” Harvard Business Review (1976), pp. 59–66.

Steers Richard M. Porter Lyman W. , “The Role of Task-Goal Attributes in Employee Performance,” Psychological Bulletin (1974), pp. 434–452.

Locke E. A. Cartledge N. Knerr C. S. , “Studies of the Relationship Between Satisfaction, Goal-Setting and Performance,” Organizational Behavior and Human Performance (1970), pp. 135–158.

Pierce Jon L. Dunham Randall B. , “Task Design: A Literature Review,” Academy of Management Review (1976), pp. 83–97.

Cummings L. L. , “A Field Experimental Study of the Effects of Two Performance Appraisal Systems,” Personnel Psychology (1973), pp. 489–502.

Greller M. M. Herold D. M. , “Sources of Feedback: A Preliminary Investigation,” Organizational Behavior and Human Performance (1975), pp. 244–256.

Greller M. M. , “Employee Reactions to Performance Feedback,” Working Paper, Graduate School of Business, New York University, 1976.

These systems are developed in greater detail in Cummings and Schwab, op. cit.