Social context of performance evaluation decisions

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The role of social and situational influences in the performance-rating process has received relatively little research attention yet merits increased attention. Although there has been acknowledgement of the role of social and situational factors in shaping rater cognition and evaluation, research has typically proceeded in a piecemeal fashion, isolating a single variable at a time. Such an approach fails to recognize that performance rating is a process with multiple social and situational facets that need to be considered simultaneously. In the present study, we tested a model of the performance-rating process, employing several social and situational variables that have been infrequently investigated and typically not in conjunction with one another. Results indicated support for the overall model and specific links within it. Implications of the results for performance-rating research are discussed. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Social aspects, Performance, Measurement, Employee performance appraisals, Performance appraisals

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Neutralizing job stressors: political skill as an antidote to the dysfunctional consequences of role conflict

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Political skill has a neutralizing effect in relationships between perceived role conflict and strain. The authors report that their study results support the moderating effects of political skill: greater political skill reduce the negative effects of role conflict on all types of strain, which was measured in terms of psychological anxiety, somatic complaints, and physiological strain.

Psychological aspects, Job stress, Executive ability, Role conflict

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Self-concordance at work: Toward understanding the motivational effects of transformational leaders

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Studies were conducted to associate leader behaviors with follower tendencies to set self-concordant goals. The effects of self-concordant work goals on job attitudes and performance were found to be generally positive, however, the pattern of relationships differed in the field and the experimental study.

United States, Motivational Techniques, Analysis, Employee motivation, Employee performance

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