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To examine the causal impact of formal performance appraisals on employee job satisfaction, differentiating between assessments linked to monetary versus non-monetary outcomes.

January 1, 2016The International Journal of Human Resource Management

Performance appraisals and job satisfaction

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To examine the causal impact of formal performance appraisals on employee job satisfaction, differentiating between assessments linked to monetary versus non-monetary outcomes.
Analyzed a representative longitudinal cohort of approximately 10,500 German employees.
Applied fixed effects regressions to control for unobserved individual heterogeneity and estimate causal relationships.
Tested for moderation by personality traits, specifically the Big Five inventory and locus of control.
Formal performance appraisals exerted a statistically significant positive effect on overall job satisfaction, driven predominantly by appraisals linked to bonuses and promotions.
Appraisals devoid of monetary consequences reduced job satisfaction among open-minded and self-determined employees, reflecting unfulfilled expectations.

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PKPatrick KampkötterUniversity of Tübingen

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Longitudinal study reveals performance appraisals increase job satisfaction primarily when tied to monetary rewards among German employees, indicating non-monetary reviews may backfire.

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Patrick Kampkötter (2016) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1ace227ff99bba06463227 https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2015.1109538

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Longitudinal study reveals performance appraisals increase job satisfaction primarily when tied to monetary rewards among German employees, indicating non-monetary reviews may backfire.

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