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New Directions for Performance Appraisal: Some Findings and Observations
Author(s) -
Fletcher Clive
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
international journal of selection and assessment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.812
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1468-2389
pISSN - 0965-075X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2389.1995.tb00027.x
Subject(s) - performance appraisal , psychology , critical appraisal , employee performance appraisal , function (biology) , personality , applied psychology , quality (philosophy) , value (mathematics) , management science , social psychology , computer science , management , medicine , epistemology , alternative medicine , philosophy , nursing , pathology , evolutionary biology , machine learning , economics , biology
The changing emphasis on the aims of performance appraisal systems is discussed, with particular reference to the notion of appraisal as a motivating mechanism. The contention of the Total Quality school that the traditional focus on the assessment function of appraisal is counterproductive is supported, and some data are presented illustrating the doubtful value and accuracy of appraisal ratings, both for evaluating staff and as validation criteria for personality measures. Some implications of recent organizational changes for the development role of performance appraisal are reviewed, with particular reference to upward feedback and competency‐based appraisal. Finally, the emerging shape of a new approach to meeting the purposes formerly served by appraisal systems is described.