Job Performance: Dimensions and Measures

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What is job performance primarily concerned with?

  • Determining employee competence in tasks relevant to the organization
  • Measuring employee satisfaction and turnover
  • Assessing employee performance in comparison to organizational standards
  • Evaluating employee behavior in a specified job function (correct)

Which of the following dimensions of job performance is NOT mentioned by Toops (1994)?

  • Job-specific task proficiency
  • Quality of work
  • Supervisory and leadership abilities
  • Customer satisfaction (correct)

What is the primary purpose of performance appraisal?

  • To measure employee job satisfaction and engagement
  • To evaluate employee performance in comparison to established standards (correct)
  • To determine employee compensation and benefits
  • To identify areas for employee development

Who defined job performance as the competence with which employees behave or perform tasks that are relevant to the organization?

<p>Neal and Hesketh (2001) (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of Wherry's (1957) dimensions of job performance?

<p>Output, quality, and lost time (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a dimension of job performance identified by Campbell (1990)?

<p>Customer service quality (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary reason for evaluating employee performance in an organization?

<p>To correct weaknesses and provide feedback on employee performance (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to describe the promotion of employees until they reach their highest level of incompetence?

<p>Peter Principle (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of providing feedback to employees during the semiannual performance appraisal review?

<p>To correct weaknesses and improve employee performance (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of using performance appraisal data in training-needs analysis?

<p>To identify training needs at an individual or organizational level (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is a numerical format useful in performance appraisal?

<p>To determine salary increases (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to describe the evaluation of an employee's performance over a given period of time?

<p>Performance rating (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Study Notes

Job Performance

  • Job performance is a record of outcomes produced on a specified job function during a specified period of time.
  • It encompasses employee behaviors that contribute to task performance in the workplace.
  • Key aspects of job performance include competence in performing tasks relevant to the organization.
  • Dimensions of job performance include unit of production, quality of work, tenure, supervisory and leadership abilities, and others.

Proponent Dimensions of Job Performance

  • Toops (1994) identified unit of production, quality of work, tenure, supervisory and leadership abilities, and others as dimensions of job performance.
  • Wherry (1957) identified output, quality, lost time, turnover, time or promotability, satisfaction, and others.
  • Kane (1986) identified quality, quantity, timeliness, cost-effectiveness, need for supervision, interpersonal impact, and others.
  • Campbell (1990) identified job-specific task proficiency, non-job specific task proficiency, written and oral communication, demonstrating effort, maintaining personal discipline, facilitating peer and team performance, and supervision management of administration.

Performance Appraisal

  • Performance appraisal is the formalized means of assessing worker performance in comparison to certain established organizational standards.
  • It involves evaluating how well employees perform their jobs when compared to a set of standards, and then communicating the information to employees.
  • Synonyms for performance appraisal include performance rating, efficiency rating, merit rating, service rating, personnel rating, employee evaluation, and performance review.

Performance Appraisal Process

  • The performance appraisal process involves determining the reason for evaluating employee performance, providing employee training and feedback, determining salary increases, and making promotion decisions.
  • Providing employee training and feedback is a crucial aspect of performance appraisal, as it helps improve employee performance by identifying strengths and weaknesses.
  • Determining salary increases is another important aspect, where performance appraisal results are used to provide a fair basis for salary increases.
  • Making promotion decisions involves evaluating employee performance on job dimensions similar to those of the new position.
  • Performance appraisal data can also be used for training-needs analysis.

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