Performance Appraisal: A Process Approach.
Abstract
Performance appraisal systems play an important role in the effective functioning of any large organization. However, in spite of their relevance and the increasing demand for effective performance appraisal systems, our ability to improve these systems seems to have reached a plateau. In order to advance beyond our present state with regard to performance appraisal, it is necessary to have a better understanding of the psychological processes involved as one person makes judgments about the performance of another. The theoretical positions which have been developed in the field of social cognition provide a useful framework for examining these processes, since performance appraisal is essentially a cognitive task performed within the social and motivational constraints of a particular type of social situation. Therefore, the purpose of this one-year research contract was to adopt a process view to performance appraisal and then explore and test assumptions from this framework with empirical research. Variables that have been identified as important to appraisal were manipulated and/or measured, in order to explore those factors that influence the accuracy of performance appraisals.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1987
- Accession Number
- ADA178754
Entities
People
- Janet L. Barnes-farrell
Organizations
- University of Connecticut