This study analyzes the gender gap in self- and peer evaluations based on a laboratory experiment. Five players performed a creativity task in a high-stakes winner-takes-all tournament. The treatment without validation informed all players that evaluations that they will conduct determine who...

This paper describes a structured interview process intended to support managers in developing their employees. In response to the challenges with traditional feedback and performance management practices, the feedforward interview provides an alternative discussion format where the manager is...

Purpose Firms have already begun integrating artificial intelligence (AI) as a replacement for conventional performance management systems owing to its technological superiority. This transition has sparked a growing interest in determining how employees perceive and respond to performance...

We compare evaluations of employee performance by individuals and groups of supervisors, analyzing a formal model and running a laboratory experiment. The model predicts that multi-rater evaluations are more precise than single-rater evaluations if groups rationally aggregate their signals about...

We compare evaluations of employee performance by individuals and groups of supervisors, analyzing a formal model and running a laboratory experiment. The model predicts that multi-rater evaluations are more precise than single-rater evaluations if groups rationally aggregate their signals about...

Presenteeism behavior, i.e. working despite illness, is a common phenomenon wordwide and can have severe consequences for employees and firms alike. In this study, we investigate the relation between the use of company performance appraisals and employees' presenteeism behavior. We use...

In teamwork settings, providing effective leadership can be challenging for team leaders due to multitasking and the difficulty in measuring and rewarding leadership input. These challenges might lead to underprovision of leadership activities, which can ultimately impede the productivity of the...

The main purpose of the current study was to evaluate the effectiveness of performance appraisal system that highlights the role of performance appraisal reactions (i.e. performance appraisal fairness and performance appraisal satisfaction) in the relationship between leader-member exchange and...

Purpose: Based on the feedback intervention theory, the main objective of this study was to explore the association of supervisor positive feedback with employee performance and the roles of feedback seeking and feedback orientation. Design/methodology/approach: Hierarchical regression and...

In teamwork settings, providing effective leadership can be challenging for team leaders due to multitasking and the difficulty in measuring and rewarding leadership input. These challenges might lead to underprovision of leadership activities, which can ultimately impede the productivity of the...

We investigate the influence of peer quality on subjective performance evaluation using 75,413 ratings of 130 employees from 6,908 raters in a business school setting. We find that subjective performance ratings are lower for employees with higher quality peer groups in both randomized and...

Today's working climate demands a great deal of commitment and effort from Employees, who in turn naturally expect a great deal more from their Employers. Performance Appraisal must be seen as an intrinsic part of a Manager's responsibility and not an unwelcome and time-consuming addition to...

The objective of this study is to gain a better comprehension of how employees in INGOs in Yemen perceive performance appraisals and their role in job satisfaction through exploring the impact of performance appraisal and its two constructs, performance appraisal process and fairness of...

This paper analyzes a mathematical model to examine a situation where an agent can show off his efforts to the principal for a higher evaluation under a one-period employment contract based on subjective performance evaluation. The analysis results indicated that the agent could achieve an...

We analyze the optimal contract when the employer organizes a calibration committee and how the committee affects biases in subjective performance evaluation. We employ a one-period moral hazard model, and the players in our model are the employer, the worker, and his immediate boss. Further, we...

The literature on statistical discrimination shows that ex-ante identical groups may be differentially treated in discriminatory equilibria. This paper constructs a dynamic model of statistical discrimination and explores what happens to the individuals who nonetheless overcome the initial...

This study aims to gain a better comprehension of how employees in INGOs in Yemen perceive performance appraisals and their role in job satisfaction through exploring the impact of performance appraisal and its five constructs namely: direction and objectives to staff, performance appraisal...

Using a randomized experiment with an automobile manufacturing firm in China, we measure the effects of letting workers evaluate their managers on worker and firm outcomes. In the treatment teams, workers evaluate their supervisors monthly. We find that providing feedback leads to significant...

Managerial competencies and performance appraisal practices are often ignored when considering the performance of Small-to-Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Yet, these competencies and practices are fundamental for the survival of the SMEs. SMEs are critical for economic growth and job creation in many...

This paper is a case study on Brunei Darussalam’s public sector employees’ observations regarding the new performance appraisal system introduced in 2018. While the new system was aimed at instilling a more "performance-driven" public sector, however, based on the survey findings of this...