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Performance appraisal systems

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Performance appraisal systems: pointless paper chase or powerful motivational tool? Most people in the public sector, and many in the private, are deeply skeptical and cynical about performance appraisal. They have seen HR departments chop and change “the form” endlessly, been on various workshops, filled in staff surveys — and still receive perfunctory appraisals and an apology for performance-related pay.

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Furnham, A. (2005). Performance appraisal systems. In: The People Business. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230510098_45

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