Indian Journal of Industrial Relations: Economics & Social Dev.

Sumit Kumar Ghosh ¹

Affiliations
1 Indian Institute of Management Indore, IN

Abstract

The objective of the present study was to extend the findings of the work of Finegan (2000) in a different set up. In this study multiple organizations from a sector spread across India are considered. The study supports the argument that different clusters of values predict different facets of organizational commitment. The results of regression analyses revealed that 'affective', 'normative' and 'continuance' commitments were each predicted by 'humanity',' vision' and 'bottom-line' value clusters separately.

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Patturaja Selvaraj ¹, Sumit Kumar Ghosh ¹, Srinath Jagannathan ¹

Affiliations
1 Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management Area, Indian Institute of Management Indore, IN

Abstract

While performance appraisals are considered to be rational systems necessary for human development in organizations, they can have potentially negative consequences. The judgments involved in performance appraisals could be experienced in subjective and partisan ways. Appraisals could be experienced as dirty work and could lead to deviant behaviors inside organizations. Particularly, those who receive good appraisals could develop emotions of contempt towards those who receive poor appraisals and thus better performers may feel justified in engaging in deviant behaviors towards poor performers. Further, it is only the sense of organizational support that may help in attenuating deviant behaviors actuated as a consequence of performance appraisals.

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