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Reducing Organizational Politics in Performance Appraisal: The Role of Coaching Leaders for Age‐Diverse Employees
Author(s) -
Dello Russo Silvia,
Miraglia Mariella,
Borgogni Laura
Publication year - 2016
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.21799
Subject(s) - coaching , psychology , performance appraisal , multilevel model , leadership style , workforce , perception , politics , sample (material) , supervisor , applied psychology , social psychology , management , public relations , political science , computer science , law , economics , chemistry , chromatography , machine learning , neuroscience , psychotherapist
We examined whether a supervisor's coaching leadership style predicts the perception of organizational politics in performance appraisal ( OPPA ) reported by the collaborators. Additionally, we drew on social cognition and motivational life‐span development theories to hypothesize age‐related differences in perceived OPPA and its link with the coaching leadership style. Using hierarchical linear modeling ( HLM ) on a sample of 576 employees and 112 leaders, we found that coaching leaders are perceived as less manipulative in their performance ratings, especially by older employees. This article includes a discussion of the implications these results have for performance management of an age‐diverse workforce. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.