Culture and Performance Appraisal Processes and Practices: Critical Insights from the South African Public Sector

Masiya, Tyanai; Kanengoni, Herbert

dc.contributor.author	Masiya, Tyanai
dc.contributor.author	Kanengoni, Herbert
dc.contributor.editor	Świątek-Barylska, Ilona
dc.contributor.editor	Mohan Devadas, Udaya
dc.date.accessioned	2021-11-19T09:59:10Z
dc.date.available	2021-11-19T09:59:10Z
dc.date.issued	2021
dc.identifier.citation	Masiya T., Kanengoni H., Culture and Performance Appraisal Processes and Practices: Critical Insights from the South African Public Sector, [in] Facets of Managing in Cross-Cultural Diversity, I. Świątek-Barylska, U. Mohan Devadas (eds.), WUŁ–WN PWN, Łódź 2021, https://doi.org/10.18778/8220-533-6.10	pl_PL
dc.identifier.isbn	978-83-8220-533-6
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11089/39809
dc.description.abstract	This chapter provides an insight into culture and performance appraisal practices and processes in the South African public sector. Performance appraisal is an element of performance management – a relatively new phenomenon in many African countries, which depends on western-oriented reform initiatives and is becoming increasingly more popular. Literary discussions about cultural influences on performance appraisals in South Africa and some African countries are limited. Performance appraisal is a complex process whose outcomes are used for decision-making in an organisation – to improve employee performance. This chapter concludes that many African practices, attitudes and customs affect the effective use of performance appraisals in improving employee performance in the public sector. The chapter contributes to findings regarding cultural influences on performance appraisal in the South African public sector and the African public sector in general.	pl_PL
dc.language.iso	en	pl_PL
dc.publisher	Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego	pl_PL
dc.relation.ispartof	Facets of Managing in Cross-Cultural Diversity;
dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Międzynarodowe	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/	*
dc.subject	culture	pl_PL
dc.subject	performance appraisal	pl_PL
dc.subject	public sector	pl_PL
dc.title	Culture and Performance Appraisal Processes and Practices: Critical Insights from the South African Public Sector	pl_PL
dc.type	Book chapter	pl_PL
dc.page.number	159-181	pl_PL
dc.contributor.authorAffiliation	University of Pretoria, South Africa	pl_PL
dc.contributor.authorAffiliation	University of Pretoria, South Africa	pl_PL
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-83-8220-534-3
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