Research : Abstracts Or Pay To Read

By LAWRENCE S. KLEIMAN - Twenty-three Title VII court cases were reviewed in order to determine the standards set by the courts in their assessment of performance appraisal systems when used as the basis for promotion decisions. The topics covered were adverse impact determination, the courts' adjudication strategy, and the evidence needed to justify the performance appraisal procedures. Among the major findings was the courts': (1) failure to adhere to the applicant flow technique of adverse impact determination, (2) interest in assessing performance appraisal systems regardless of their adverse impact, (3) ignorance regarding acceptable validation procedures, and (4) focus on objectivity in lieu of validity. The discussion offered suggestions to employers for developing a professionally sound and legally defensible appraisal system. (Added: 9-Feb-2010 Hits: 295 )

By David C. Martin , Kathryn M. Bartol - Journal excerpt only. Required fee to view whole article: This article draws on relevant research and considers current major issues in framing suggestions for maintaining a performance appraisal system.(2) Collectively the major actions required to maintain a performance appraisal system can be divided into three major categories: controlling the system, monitoring the system and furnishing feedback to those who use the system. (Added: 9-Feb-2010 Hits: 322 )

By William F. Giles, Henry M. Findley and Hubert S. Feild - Utilizing an organizational justice perspective, this cross-organizational study developed procedural fairness dimensions for the appraisal review session and two contextual domains of the performance appraisal process. The contextual domains were: (a) the structure, policies, and support characterizing the formal appraisal system, and (b) the appraisal-related interactions that occur throughout the year between supervisors and subordinates. In addition, relationships of the three procedural variable sets and their respective individual variables with three fairness (two distributive justice and one global) criteria were assessed. Procedures from the session and system domains were found to be most useful for predicting the fairness criteria. (Added: 9-Feb-2010 Hits: 311 )