Increasing Performance Appraisal Effectiveness

Increasing Performance Appraisal Effectiveness: Matching Task Types, Appraisal Process, and Rater Training Author(s): Cynthia Lee Source: The Academy of Management Review, Vol. 10, No. 2 (Apr., 1985), pp. 322-331 Published by: Academy of Management Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/257973 . Accessed: 16/02/2011 13:18

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Performance Appraisal Increasing Task Effectiveness: Matching Types, Training Appraisal Process, and Rater

CYNTHIA LEE Temple University

The search for one best performance appraisal format ignores differences among jobs. A performance appraisal system tailored to fit ratee task characteristics is proposed. This approach, which...