Facilitating Effective Performance Appraisals: The Role of Employee Commitment and Organizational Climate.

Abstract

Previous research on performance appraisals has primarily concerned the reliability and validity of measurement instruments and techniques. Very little research has dealt with the milieu where the actual performance appraisal occurs. In order to help remedy this situation, a conceptual model is presented which highlights the interactive relationships among employee commitment, organizational climate, and performance appraisal systems. The model addresses four key issues: what are the organization's objectives in the appraisal system?, what conditions facilitate or inhibit the accomplishment of these objectives?; how do employee commitment and organizational climate affect these conditions?; and what reciprocal relationships appear likely? (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA119413

Entities

People

  • Richard M. Steers
  • Thomas W. Lee

Organizations

  • University of Oregon

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Ambiguity
  • Cooperation
  • Education
  • Guidance
  • Human Behavior
  • Literature
  • Measurement
  • Motivation
  • Organizational Structure
  • Performance Appraisals
  • Personnel Management
  • Personnel Retention
  • Psychology
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Business

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  • Organizational Psychology.
  • Systems Analysis and Design