Identification of Employee Performance Appraisal Methods in Agricultural Organizations

Journal Title: Journal of Competitiveness - Year 2013, Vol 5, Issue 2

Abstract

A formal employee performance appraisal is regarded as one of the tools of human resources performance management. People, their knowledge and skills are currently considered to be the most valuable resource a company has. The article focuses on methods of employee performance appraisal in agricultural organizations in the Czech Republic. The first part of the article deals with the theoretical background of the term “formal appraisal” and employee performance appraisal methods as defined by Czech and foreign specialists. Further, the article describes, based on a questionnaire survey, employee performance appraisal methods that are considered important for the agricultural organizations in the Czech Republic. The aim of the article is to identify the current state of formal employee appraisal in a sample group of agricultural organizations and to test dependencies between selected qualitative characteristics. The outcomes show that the most commonly used methods of employee performance appraisal in agricultural organizations include predefined goal-based performance appraisal, predefined standard outcome-based performance appraisal and appraisal interviews. Agricultural organizations apply these methods in particular due to the fact that their findings are further utilized in other areas of human resource management, such as reward system and personnel planning. In statistical terms, dependency between the method of employee performance appraisal according to predefined goals applied by agricultural organizations and personnel planning (an area of human resources management) has been proven (p-value: 0.032, Phi coefficient: 4.578).

Authors and Affiliations

Katerina Venclova, Andrea Salkova, Gabriela Kolackova

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  • EP ID EP135847
  • DOI 10.7441/joc.2013.02.02
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Katerina Venclova, Andrea Salkova, Gabriela Kolackova (2013). Identification of Employee Performance Appraisal Methods in Agricultural Organizations. Journal of Competitiveness, 5(2), 20-36. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-135847