This paper critically examines the logics behind performance appraisal systems in Western contexts in an effort to better understand their applicability in the Middle East (ME). We present a literature review that investigates the major justifications and uses of Performance appraisal systems (PASs) articulated around five main logics: control, continuity, formality, information and motivation. On the basis of this literature review and exemplified through a case study, we show that research on PAS in the ME cannot be conducted assuming the same logics. The evaluation of success and failure of PAS in the ME should therefore be preceded by a study of the logics existing in the specific context. Our findings allow us to pose key questions for future PAS research in the ME as well as general non-Western contexts characterized by prolonged critical external conditions.
Performance Appraisal Systems in the Middle East: Moving Beyond Western Logics / Giangreco, Antonio; Carugati, Andrea; Pilati, Massimo; Sebastiano, Antonio. - In: EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT REVIEW. - ISSN 1740-4754. - STAMPA. - 7:3(2010), pp. 155-168. [10.1057/emr.2010.13]
Performance Appraisal Systems in the Middle East: Moving Beyond Western Logics
PILATI, Massimo;
2010
Abstract
This paper critically examines the logics behind performance appraisal systems in Western contexts in an effort to better understand their applicability in the Middle East (ME). We present a literature review that investigates the major justifications and uses of Performance appraisal systems (PASs) articulated around five main logics: control, continuity, formality, information and motivation. On the basis of this literature review and exemplified through a case study, we show that research on PAS in the ME cannot be conducted assuming the same logics. The evaluation of success and failure of PAS in the ME should therefore be preceded by a study of the logics existing in the specific context. Our findings allow us to pose key questions for future PAS research in the ME as well as general non-Western contexts characterized by prolonged critical external conditions.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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