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REACTION OF EMPLOYEES TO PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL INTERVIEWS AS A FUNCTION OF THEIR PARTICIPATION IN RATING SCALE DEVELOPMENT
Author(s) -
SILVERMAN STANLEY B.,
WEXLEY KENNETH N.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
personnel psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.076
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1744-6570
pISSN - 0031-5826
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6570.1984.tb00534.x
Subject(s) - psychology , performance appraisal , rating scale , job interview , perception , scale (ratio) , employee performance appraisal , applied psychology , function (biology) , social psychology , job performance , job satisfaction , developmental psychology , management , nursing , medicine , physics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , evolutionary biology , economics , biology
A substantial amount of research has been conducted on the performance appraisal feedback interview. The purpose of the present field study was to see whether employee involvement in the development of rating scales used in the feedback interview affected ratees' perceptions of the interview. Behaviorally anchored rating scales (BARS) were developed for five job families in a midwestem hospital. A participation group consisted of employees from each of the job families who were involved in all phases of BARS construction. A nonparticipation group involved an equal number of employees from each of the job families who were not involved in the BARS development. The results showed that participation in BARS construction led to favorable perceptions regarding the performance appraisal interview process as well as positive outcomes.