ABSTRACT Several high-profile companies have removed numerical subjective performance ratings from their performance-management processes in favor of only using narrative evaluations. Using an experiment, I examine whether requiring supervisors to provide a rating addition evaluation moderates the effects supervisors’ directional incentives (i.e., reasons evaluate employee more or less favorabl...

Abstract The technical characteristics of government audits make the purchase social audit services different from other public services. Carrying out performance evaluations outsourced is important for ensuring effective service outsourcing and completing comprehensive high-quality audits. On basis constructing a conceptual framework purchases under background coverage, objectives, principles,...

in this paper, we present a new iterative method with order of convergence eighth for solving nonlinear equations. periteration this method requires three evaluations of the function and one evaluation of its first derivative. a general error analysis providing the eighth order of convergence is given. several numerical examples are given to illustrate the efficiency and performance of the new ...

Given the rapid development of the banking sector, it is reasonable to expect that the performance of banks has become the centre of attention among bank managers, stakeholders, policy makers, and regulators. In order to maximizing the share-holders’ satisfactory level, two bank efficiency measurement approaches, i.e. the production approach and the user cost approach, which are financial evalu...

Background: Handwriting dysfunction may harm children’s wellbeing. Therapists and elementary school teachers help to identify and improve childrenchr('39')s handwriting performance. The present study aimed to assess the relationship between therapistschr('39') assessment and teacherschr('39') perception of handwriting performance in first graders. Methods: This cross-sectional study involved (...

We study a T -period contracting problem where performance evaluations are subjective and private. We find that the principal should punish the agent if he performs poorly in the future even when the evaluations were good in the past, and, at the same time, the agent should be given opportunities to make up for poor performance in the past by performing better in the future. Thus, optimal incen...

The performance of the units is defined as the ratio of the weighted sum of outputs to the weighted sum of inputs. These weights can be determined by data envelopment analysis (DEA) models. The inputs and outputs of the related (Decision Making Unit) DMU are assessed by a set of the weights obtained via DEA for each DMU. In addition, the weights are not generally common, but rather, they are ve...

Users' evaluations are a key measure of the performance of information systems. This paper examines some issues in correct measures of IS (Information System) performance through the users' evaluations , especially, in the international cross-cultural perspective view. The Chinese cultural environment, as an example, has been given a close look to examine the cross-cultural impacts on the measu...

The absence of unbiased and up to date comparative evaluations of high-performance computing software complicates a user's search for the appropriate software package. The National HPCC Software Exchange (NHSE) is attacking this problem using an approach that includes independent evaluations of software, incorporation of author and user feedback into the evaluations, and Web access to the evalu...