The present study sought to examine the relationship between managers perceptions of employee motivation and performance appraisal by surveying managers and employees in three distinct cultural regions (North America, Asia, and Latin America) within a single global organization. Three distinct cultural patterns emerged in the theories managers held about their subordinates. While North American...

Performance appraisals play a pivotal role in identifying individuals' training needs and guiding them towards relevant learning programs resources. Feedback recognition are fundamental aspects of performance appraisal process. Regular check-ins between managers employees foster ongoing discussions, addressing challenges, growth opportunities. It is essential to explore whether the feedback pro...

In performance evaluation literature, although the combination of some variables such as age, gender, experience, observation time, and interpersonal affect has been widely considered in determining employee performance, no investigation has indicated the influence of workplace conditions on job performance. This study reports the effects of job characteristics (physical efforts and job grade),...

BACKGROUND Major depressive disorder (MDD) is worldwide one of the most concerning health problems as it is associated with reduced work productivity and permanent disability. Occupational therapists are often called upon to make a return-to-work decision on employees with MDD in order to facilitate continued employment. Sustaining employment is in alignment with achieving the Millennium Develo...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the health-economic costs and benefits of a guided eHealth intervention (E-health module embedded in Collaborative Occupational healthcare (ECO)) encouraging sick-listed employees to a faster return to work. DESIGN A two-armed cluster randomised trial with occupational physicians (OPs) (n=62), clustered and randomised by region into an experimental and a control group, t...