The relationship between confidence in performance appraisals and perceptions of the extent to which they serve four different purposes was examined among 103 Australian middle managers. Confidence was related to each perceived purpose. The stronger relationships were between confidence and feedback and between confidence and planning and control. The weaker relationships were between confidence and the provision of information and between confidence and the allocation of rewards and punishment.
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