Psychology 2660A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Performance Appraisal, Job Performance, Job Analysis

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2660A/B
• Professor: John Meyer

Document Summary

What is performance appraisal (pa)? formal procedures that organization uses to assess job performance of employees. Most large organizations use job performance as basis for positive and negative actions. Negative actions: demotion, termination there are some policies that require iring of unsatisfactorily performing employees. Positive actions: promotion, pay raises merit pay systems that tie raises to level of job performance. One of major roles of supervisors is to provide info to subordinates about what is expected on the job and how well they are meeting those expectations. Feedback is helpful in telling employees how to enhance their skills to move up to higher positions. Interim reviews are used for feedback which reduces some anxiety and defensiveness employees experience when being evaluated for raises and promotions. Io psychologists loom at designing better equipment, hiring better people, motivating employees and training them. Job performance serves are criterion against which activities are evaluated.