ABSTRACT

The current study investigated the effects of rater motivations on performance appraisals (PA). Despite rater motivations being important to PAs, there is no established and validated scale to measure rater motives. Within this study, a scale was developed to measure five rater motives. This scale, labeled the Performance Appraisal Motivation Scale (PAMS), was then examined for internal structure and validated using data from current managers. PAMS exhibited acceptable internal structure and displayed an expected pattern of relationships with individual difference variables, situational variables, other rater motives, and rating outcomes. Overall, results provide evidence in support of PAMS’ construct validity. The findings also help establish empirical linkages between rater motivations and important variables within the nomological network of rater motivation.

摘要

当前的研究调查了评估动机对绩效评估（PA）的影响。尽管评估者动机对PA来说很重要，但尚无建立和验证的量表来评估评估者动机。在这项研究中，制定了一个量表来衡量五个评分者的动机。然后使用绩效评估动机量表（PAMS）对该量表进行内部结构检查，并使用来自当前经理的数据进行验证。PAMS表现出可接受的内部结构，并显示出与个体差异变量，情境变量，其他评分者动机和评分结果之间关系的预期模式。总体而言，结果提供了支持PAMS构建效度的证据。