Personnel psychology: Performance evaluation and pay for performance

• Published in: Annual review of psychology Vol. 56; no. 1; pp. 571 - 600
• Main Authors: RYNES, Sara L, GERHART, Barry, PARKS, Laura
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Palo Alto, CA Annual Reviews 2005; Annual Reviews, Inc
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Empirical Research; Employee Performance Appraisal; Feedback; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Incentives; Motivation; Occupational psychology; Organizational Culture; Organizational Policy; Orientation. Selection. Evaluation; Performance appraisal; Performance evaluation; Personnel Management - economics; Psychology; Psychology, Social - methods; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Wages & salaries; Human; feedback; Wage; incentives; motivation; appraisal; pay; Vocational aptitude; Review; Performance; Discipline; Professional evaluation

Although there is a voluminous psychological literature on performance evaluation (PE), surprisingly little of this research examines the consequences of linking pay to evaluated performance in work settings. Rather, PE research has been dominated by cognitive processing, measurement, and construct...