238 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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The benefits of performance appraisal in the business world have caused an upsurge of books and programs for use in management, but few of the methods described bother to verify that the underlying psychology on which they are based holds true. Angelo DeNisi has spent 10 years conducting research into cognitive processes, particularly those of the rater, in performance appraisal. A Cognitive... Read more
Preface 1 Why a cognitive approach? 2 A cognitive model of the appraisal process 3 Research on information acquisition processes 4 Reprocessing objectives and interventions designed to imposeorganization in memory 5 Other factors and other cognitive processes 6 Cognitive research moves to the field 7 Implications for theory and practice 8 Where do we go from here?
Biography
Angelo DeNisi is Professor of Human Resource Management at Rutgers University. His primary research focus has been in the area of cognitive models of performance appraisal. He is an active member of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and the Academy of Management, and he is the editor of the Academy of Management Journal. He has written numerous articles for the major journals in the field of industrial and organizational psychology.
