This study examines the relationship between employee perceptions of performance appraisal and both employee burnout and experienced job satisfaction in a county government. More specifically, the authors examine whether the following aspects of performance appraisal are related to burnout and job satisfaction: instrument validity, distributive justice, and procedural justice. The results indicate a modest relationship between these three independent variables and job satisfaction, as well as a modest relationship between procedural and distributive justice and job burnout for a sample (N = 134) of professional county employees. The implications of these findings for managers are also explored.
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