Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

acceptedVersion

Publication Date

6-2011

Abstract

Comments on an article by Elaine D. Pulakos and Ryan S. O'Leary. The authors argue that bringing the focus on the relationship between the manager and the employee will mend performance management. We concur with the broad assessment that an excessive focus on technical improvements in performance management systems is misplaced and that implementation issues plague performance management. But we believe that poor implementation is an operational challenge not because of the practice itself but rather on account of misalignment. They also allude to a consideration of alignment. They also glosses over the issue of internal alignment or the fact that the effectiveness of individual performance management practices are contingent upon their alignment with other HR practices. In conclusion, Pulakos and O'Leary's cautions of moving beyond formal systems in performance management and focusing on informal ones such as the manager-employee relationship are well intentioned.

Discipline

Industrial and Organizational Psychology | Organizational Behavior and Theory

Research Areas

Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources

Publication

Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Volume

4

Issue

2

First Page

165

Last Page

168

ISSN

1754-9434

Identifier

10.1111/j.1754-9434.2011.01316.x

Publisher

Wiley

Copyright Owner and License

Authors

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1754-9434.2011.01316.x

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