This research emphasizes on the two relationships regarding performance appraisal. The first object is to investigate the relationship between an independent variable of the performance appraisal characteristics and dependent variable of the ratees` a...
This research emphasizes on the two relationships regarding performance appraisal. The first object is to investigate the relationship between an independent variable of the performance appraisal characteristics and dependent variable of the ratees` acceptance of performance appraisal result. The other object is to measure the moderating effect of situational variables on the relationship between the independent variable and the dependent variable. To accomplish this research objective, 695 employees from 38 manufacturing firms were randomly selected and surveyed with questionnaire method. The results of the study are summarized as follows: The analysis of the first subject indicated that the performance appraisal characteristic variables of employee participation and information validity and the relevance to compensation were positively related to the ratee`s acceptance of performance appraisal result. However, the relevance to compensation variable had no direct relationship to the ratees` performance appraisal acceptance. And the analysis of the second subject on the moderating effect indicated that the performance appraisal characteristics of information validity and relevance to compensation were more positively related to appraisal acceptance when raters had a large span of control, were not closely monitored and ratee had much trust in the rater.