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Appraisal Participation and Perceived Voice in Annual Appraisal Interviews: Uncovering Contextual Factors

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posted on 2024-06-19, 17:35 authored by AL Meinecke, FE Klonek, S Kauffeld
Appraisal interviews (AIs) are one of the most commonly used human resource practices in organizations. However, they are often criticized for comprising conflicting purposes. In this study, we focus on contextual factors of the appraisal process. Specifically, we propose that AIs follow a two-phase model of performance evaluation and development planning. These two phases trigger different levels of employee appraisal participation which, in turn, affects employees’ perception of voice. In a sample of 48 audiotaped AIs, we coded employees’ objective appraisal participation throughout the entire interview session and linked it to subsequent ratings of perceived voice. Results showed that interviews were highly leader-centered and mainly concentrated on performance evaluation. Employees’ appraisal participation was significantly lower during performance evaluation than during development planning. Appraisal participation during development planning, but not during performance evaluation, was related to subsequent ratings of perceived voice. In addition, this relationship was moderated by supervisor trust.

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Journal

Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies

Volume

24

Pagination

230-245

ISSN

1548-0518

eISSN

1939-7089

Language

en

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Issue

2

Publisher

SAGE Publications

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