Research

By Regina Glover - Article (containing various research citations) summarizes some of the findings from research on performance appraisals and how to make them work (Added: 13-Dec-2004 Hits: 2110 )

By Evelina W. Cross, PhD, RD; Amelia Estepa Asperin, PhD; Mary Frances Nettles - The purpose of the research was to develop a competency-based performance appraisal resource for evaluating school nutrition (SN) managers and assistants/technicians. (Added: 27-Nov-2009 Hits: 854 )

By Boyce and Kleiner - Reports that effective performance appraisal systems help to create a motivated and committed workforce. To be effective they require the support of top management to show their commitment and to translate organizational goals and objectives into personalized employee specific objectives. Explains a framework for the implementation of performance appraisal and in particular the need for appropriate training for supervisors, raters and employees, a system for the frequent review of performance, accurate record keeping, a clearly defined measurement system, and a multiple rater group to perform the appraisal. (Added: 8-Aug-2005 Hits: 2939 )

By David J. Woehr, - The evaluation of individual work performance has long posed a perplexing dilemma to researchers and practitioners alike. There is little debate that more often than not, the most complete, readily available, and efficient measure of an individual's performance involves ratings of that performance by another individual. The thrust of the dilemma, then, is how to reduce the subjectivity inherent in performance ratings. Due in large part to a strong psychometric emphasis, the development of better rating scale formats has received a great deal of attention as an approach to resolving this dilemma. (Added: 11-Feb-2005 Hits: 746 )

By NA - Contemporary performance appraisal (PA) has become an important tool in the overseeing of employees in work. Little of the vast literature however, has focused on its effects on the individual, beyond simple descriptions that inform its management implementation. This article firstly examines the changing nature of employee management under PA, before it investigates the contemporary usage of PA and the effects on women. This is illustrated with research, gathered from a case study in the Midlands. (Added: 17-Dec-2002 Hits: 1319 )

By DDI - Some research findings (survey based) on the process of managing employee performance by DDI (Added: 27-Jul-2005 Hits: 544 )

By Tina L. Robbins - The present study was designed to analyze both processing characteristics and situational moderators which operate to influence sex bias in performance evaluations. More specifically, this research was designed to address the influence of ratee sex on the recall and the ratings assigned in performance appraisal. An attempt was made to determine which, or if both, recall and rating stages in the process are susceptible to an influence of ratee sex. An additional purpose of this study was to identify the situational factors which act to moderate the influence of ratee sex in performance evaluation (Added: 11-Feb-2005 Hits: 696 )