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ADDISON-WESLEY SERIES ON MANAGING HUMAN RESOURCES
Increasing Productivity Tlirougli
Performance Appraisal Gary R Latham Kenneth N. Wexley
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GARY
P.
LATHAM
University of Washington
KENNETH N.WEXLEY Michigan State University
Increasing Productivity
Through Perfornnance Appraisal A ADDISON-WESLEY PUBLISHING COMPANY Reading, Massachusetts • Menio Park, California
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THE ADDISON-WESLEY SERIES ON MANAGING HUMAN RESOURCES Series Editor:
Fairness
in
John
P.
Wanous, Michigan State University
Selecting Employees
Richard D. Arvey, University of Houston Organizational
Recruitment,
Entry:
Newcomers John P. Wanous, Michigan State
Selection,
and
Socialization
of
University
Increasing Productivity through Performance Appraisal
Gary
P.
Latham, University of Washington, and Kenneth N. Wexley,
Michigan State University
Managing Conflict
at Organizational Interfaces
David Brown, Case-Western Reserve University
Employee Turnover: Causes, Consequences and Control William H. Mobley, Texas
A&M
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University
Publication Data
Latham, Gary P Increasing productivity through performance appraisal.
(Addison-Wesley Bibliography:
series
on managing human resources)
p.
Includes index. 1.
1943-
Employees, Rating joint author.
HF5549.5.R3L367
II.
of.
I.
Title.
Wexley, Kenneth N., III.
658.3'125
Series.
80-14894
ISBN 0-201-04217-7
Reprinted with corrections, February 1982 Copyright ©1981 by Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1981 by Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc.
Inc. Philippines
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Series Foreword
Widespread attention given to the effective management of human sources
came of age
placed on
it
in
the 1970s.
continues to grow. Personnel departments, which used to be
little
more than the keepers of employee
front
in
The are
corporate
tently
files,
are
now moving
to the fore-
visibility.
difficulties
without
re-
As we enter the 1980s, the importance
encountered
parallel.
in effective
human
Surveys of managers and top
show "human problems"
at the
top of most
behavioral sciences into business school programs
the active concern
now
placed on
human
resource
level lists.
is
management
executives consis-
The
influx of the
further testimony to
resources as a crucial element in
organizational effectiveness.
The primary
obje