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Performance Appraisal, Performance Management and Improving Individual Performance: A Motivational Framework

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2015

Angelo S. DeNisi  and
Robert D. Pritchard
Angelo S. DeNisi
Affiliation:
Tulane University, USA
Robert D. Pritchard
Affiliation:
University of Central Florida, USA
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Abstract

Performance appraisal has been the focus of considerable research for almost a century. Yet, this research has resulted in very few specific recommendations about designing and implementing appraisal and performance management systems whose goal is performance improvement. We believe that a reason for this is that appraisal research became too interested in measurement issues and not interested enough in ways to improve performance, although some recent trends in the area have begun moving the field in the right direction. We review these trends and their genesis, and propose a motivational framework as a means of integrating what we have learned and generating proposals for future research that focus on employee's performance improvement.

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绩效评价绩效管理绩效改进评级
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Management and Organization Review , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , July 2006 , pp. 253 - 277
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Copyright © International Association for Chinese Management Research 2006

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