Determinants of the legitimacy of performance assessment among public officials in colombian subnational governments

"Performance assessments are one kind of management tools that seek to induce desirable behaviors among public employees. They also help guarantee individual and organizational expectation alignment, create knowledge about development, and allow agency control. However, in countries still in pr...

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Autores:
Rodas Gaiter, Alejandra
Tipo de recurso:
Fecha de publicación:
2016
Institución:
Universidad de los Andes
Repositorio:
Séneca: repositorio Uniandes
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.uniandes.edu.co:1992/13454
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/1992/13454
Palabra clave:
Funcionarios públicos - Investigaciones - Colombia
Medición del trabajo - Investigaciones - Colombia
Gobierno y Asuntos Públicos
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openAccess
License
https://repositorio.uniandes.edu.co/static/pdf/aceptacion_uso_es.pdf
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Summary:"Performance assessments are one kind of management tools that seek to induce desirable behaviors among public employees. They also help guarantee individual and organizational expectation alignment, create knowledge about development, and allow agency control. However, in countries still in process of professionalizing their civil services, the performance measurement appears more as a formality than a strategic process that brings valuable information to management. This characteristic reduces the legitimacy of the performance assessment among public employees and supervisors, leading to a vicious circle in which performance is not assessed properly nor generates positive incentives towards greater performance..."