This article investigates the impact of an integrative performance appraisal system which combines both judgmental and systematic developmental and goalsetting elements upon employee perceptions of the quality of management and the character of working conditions A large scale study of 5,000+ employees of the Norwegian State Oil Company conducted in 1995 produces evidence of a strong connection between perceptions of the adequacy of the performance appraisal experience and attitudes toward the quality of management present and the favorability of working conditions being encountered These positive correlations persist even when controlling for the effects of overall job satisfaction and supervisory vs employee status
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