Research Symposium

BIO

I am a second-year marketing and management major from Dallas, Tx. My research interests include entrepreneurship, public management, and policy. My career goals include creating my own institution and having my ideas put towards projects that make a difference. My achievements while at the University include Dean's List, UROP Leader, and research assistant with UROP. My skills include analytical thinking and reasoning, great time management, and resounding teamwork abilities.

Perceived Fairness in Performance Appraisal and Political Behaviors: A List Experiment of Employees’ Reaction to Performance Appraisal

Abstract

Performance appraisals are meant for management to assess not only the production of the work the employee produces but analyzes the employee’s progress with the company. Perceived fairness in performance appraisals has been a key concern for management and organizational convergence. Public employee reactions include them acting in partisan ways from trying to gain favors to scapegoating. This misuse of evaluation not only hurts the establishment but creates an atmosphere of political behaviors. The project conducted a list experiment method on FSU students that will in turn eventually use public employee involvement and perspectives. In turn, these findings can be used on a larger more professional scale with the same experiment method to ascertain the true intentions that lie behind the employee’s assessment of their performance appraisal. These findings can in turn add to the database of knowledge on performance appraisal as well as emphasize the importance of conducting the best appraisal for each member of the organization.

Keywords: public policy, performance appraisal, list experiment