Performance Appraisal Implementation gaps: Shifting the thinking to Organizational Capacity
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Date
2020
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Ugandan Journal of Management and Public Policy Studies
Abstract
This paper examines the drivers for effective implementation of Open Performance
Appraisal (OPA) in the Ugandan civil service. It proceeds from the view that organizational
culture has often been used as an explanatory variable for performance appraisal
implementation. The article is based on critical review of theoretical and empirical
literature on implementation drivers, the background of Uganda’s Performance Appraisal
system as well as the Organization Readiness. The authors argue that change effi cacy
and commitment to change are critical predictors of successful implementation of the
open appraisal system in Uganda. The paper concludes that capacity and organizational
culture are necessary but not suffi cient factors for effective implementation and notably,
capacity is a product of organizational commitment. Similarly, a positive organizational
culture can be built in face of sufficient readiness.
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Performance Appraisal, Implementation, Organizational Readiness
Citation
Musubira, H., & Karyeija, G. K. (2020). Performance Appraisal Implementation gaps: Shifting the thinking to Organizational Capacity. Ugandan Journal of Management and Public Policy Studies, 18(1), 69-78.