Research

The influence of a merit pay guide chart on employee attitudes toward pay at a transit authority.

By Vest, Michael J. - Merit pay guide charts are designed to integrate multiple pay goals and to ensure that pay increases are consistently applied by supervisors throughout the organization. Consistent treatment is believed to create a pay environment in which employees feel fairly treated. However, our results did not indicate that instrumentality belief and merit increase satisfaction are adversely affected when high performers receive smaller pay increases because they are toward the top of their pay ranges. Thus even though merit pay guide charts may successfully slow employee movement through the upper half of the pay range, employee attitudes are not necessarily negatively affected. ^{Newest Additions} (Added: 28-Dec-2009 Hits: 51 )

5Why Are We Ignoring Performance Appraisal Research (pdf)

By Regina Glover - Article (containing various research citations) summarizes some of the findings from research on performance appraisals and how to make them work (Added: 13-Dec-2004 Hits: 1586 )

A Comparison of Three Methods of Performance Appraisal With Regard to Goal Properties, Goal Perception, and Ratee Satisfaction -- Tziner et

By Tziner et al - Research article that compares three different employee rating systems, including BARS (behaviorally anchored rating systems). (Added: 14-Oct-2004 Hits: 1427 )

Annual Review of Psychology: Performance evaluation in work settings.

By RD Arvey - Psychologists have long been attentive to the issue of defining, understanding, and evaluating performance within work contexts. This chapter constitutes the first independent and separate treatment of recent research on this topic in an Annual Review format. (Added: 3-Dec-2002 Hits: 1388 )

Competency-Based Performance Appraisals: Improving Performance Evaluations of School Nutrition Managers and Assistants/Technicians

By Evelina W. Cross, PhD, RD; Amelia Estepa Asperin, PhD; Mary Frances Nettles - The purpose of the research was to develop a competency-based performance appraisal resource for evaluating school nutrition (SN) managers and assistants/technicians. (Added: 27-Nov-2009 Hits: 95 )

Content Issues of HR-Related Performance Measurement: A Total Quality Management Approach, Management Science, Strathclyde University

By Soltani E, Gennard J - This study presents a literature survey designed to discuss the value that can result from using a combination of system and person factors when measuring employee performance in quality-focused organisations. This exploration of the content of appraisal begins with a brief overview of the 'hard' aspect i.e. statistical approach, and 'soft' aspect i.e. people-based approach of quality management. PDF (Added: 17-Dec-2002 Hits: 1074 )

Designing Effective Performance Appraisal systems

By Boyce and Kleiner - Reports that effective performance appraisal systems help to create a motivated and committed workforce. To be effective they require the support of top management to show their commitment and to translate organizational goals and objectives into personalized employee specific objectives. Explains a framework for the implementation of performance appraisal and in particular the need for appropriate training for supervisors, raters and employees, a system for the frequent review of performance, accurate record keeping, a clearly defined measurement system, and a multiple rater group to perform the appraisal. (Added: 8-Aug-2005 Hits: 2504 )

Best and Worst Performance Management Practices

Critiques and Criticisms of Performance Management

Employee Ranking Systems

Performance Management and Appraisal - General