Performance Appraisal in UK Universities: a case of procedural compliance? |
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| Authors: | Alan Bryman Cheryl Haslam Adrian Webb Vice‐Chancellor |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Social Sciences , Loughborough University;2. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health , Leicester University;3. University of Glamorgan |
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| Abstract: | This article presents research evidence concerning the introduction of performance appraisal in UK universities. The notion of ‘procedural compliance’ is proposed to draw attention to the implications of the largely externally imposed nature of appraisal in universities. The article reports the findings deriving from a study of appraisal in four universities. The notion of procedural compliance usefully illuminates the reactions of respondents to appraisal, though it has to be supplemented in order to provide a more complete picture. |
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