TY - BOOK AU - Murphy,Kevin R. AU - Cleveland,Jeanette TI - Understanding performance appraisal: social, organizational, and goal-based perspectives SN - 0803954743 AV - HF5549.5.R3 M863 1995 U1 - 658.3/125 20 PY - 1995/// CY - Thousand Oaks, Calif. PB - Sage Publications KW - Employees KW - Rating of KW - Local KW - Performance standards KW - Personnel KW - Assessment N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 442-483) and indexes; Environmental influences -- Organizational influences -- Purposes of performance appraisals -- Obtaining information about performance -- Standards for judging performance -- Processes in evaluative judgment -- Rater goals -- Rater motivation -- Error and accuracy measures -- Criteria that reflect the uses of rating -- Does performance appraisal help or hurt the organization? -- Performance appraisal and the changing context of work and organizations -- Designing, implementing, and evaluating a goal-oriented appraisal system -- Directions for research and practice ER -