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2011 (English)In: Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, E-ISSN 2245-0157, no 2, p. 59-75Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
In the present paper, we report findings from a study of performance appraisal interviews between middle managers and employees. The study is based on analysis of video uptake of authentic performance appraisal interviews, and through detailed examination of participant conduct and orientation, we point to structural mechanisms and institutional norms which limit the possibilities for employees to raise topics connected to negative experiences of stress in performance appraisal talk. It is argued that norms concerning ideal employeeship are shaped by a partly hidden curriculum in the organization which in turn is talked into being in the performance appraisal interviews. The study concludes that empirical attention to the social interplay in performance appraisal interactions reveal how participant conduct aligns or disaligns with institutional and social underpinnings of workplace ideals.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Roskilde: Roskilde university, 2011
Keywords
performance appraisal interview, ideal worker, staff development, conversation analysis, hidden curriculum
National Category
Gender Studies
Research subject
Working Life Science; English; Gender Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-10780 (URN)
2012-02-082012-02-082026-02-11Bibliographically approved