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Performance Appraisal in a Constantly Changing Work World

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

Edna Rabenu*
Affiliation:
School of Behavioral Sciences, Netanya Academic College, Netanya, Israel
Aharon Tziner
Affiliation:
School of Behavioral Sciences, Netanya Academic College, Netanya, Israel
*
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Edna Rabenu, School of Behavioral Sciences, Netanya Academic College, 1 University Street, Kiryat Yitzhak Rabin, Netanya, Israel4223587. E-mail: edna.rabenu@gmail.com

Extract

Adler et al. (2016) present a comprehensive review of the fundamental and painful problems of performance appraisal in organizations, from which it appears that we cannot do without performance appraisal because of its benefits, and we cannot do with it because of its flaws. If so, how can organizations make a decision on this issue? Mend them or end them? (See also Culbertson, Krome, McHenry, Stetzer, & van Ittersum, 2013.)

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Commentaries
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2016 

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