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Performance Management: Perceiving Goals as Invariable and Implications for Perceived Job Autonomy and Work Performance
Author(s) -
Kuvaas Bård,
Buch Robert,
Dysvik Anders
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
human resource management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.888
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1099-050X
pISSN - 0090-4848
DOI - 10.1002/hrm.21680
Subject(s) - autonomy , situational ethics , psychology , work (physics) , social psychology , job performance , applied psychology , job satisfaction , political science , mechanical engineering , law , engineering
In this study, we investigated whether perceiving goals as invariable is negatively related to work performance and whether this relationship is mediated by perceived job autonomy. Perceiving goals as invariable refers to the extent to which employees believe that the goals in a performance management system represent absolute standards that they must meet without exception, even if they think other factors are more important (e.g., situational factors or factors that are not associated with goals). In support of our hypotheses, we found a negative relationship between perceiving goals as invariable and work performance and that perceived job autonomy mediated this relationship. Theoretical and practical implications and directions for future research are discussed. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.