The Relevance of Leadership Variables for Performance Appraisal

A great deal of time and effort is invested by personnel managers and researchers in minimising performance appraisal errors. Until recently, these efforts concentrated on improving the design, implementation and the monitoring of appraisal instruments, producing only minimal improvement in the accuracy of performance appraisal. The amount and type of impact that leadership style and other rater characteristics have on appraisal errors are investigated.