PCPAQ - THE QUESTIONNAIRE FOR MEASURING PERCEIVED POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN PERFORMANCE-APPRAISAL - SOME NEW EVIDENCE REGARDING ITS PSYCHOMETRIC QUALITIES

The Questionnaire for Measuring Political Considerations in Performanc e Appraisal (PCPAQ) measures the extent to which distortions in rating s of job performance are present. In the original test of this questio nnaire, conducted in a francophone organizational milieu, validity, re liability and undimensionality were demonstrated (Tziner et al., 1996) . In the present replication, the psychometric qualities of the PCPAQ were tested in an anglophone work environment. Additional variables de monstrated the convergent and discriminant validities of the instrumen t The results were consistent with the previous findings; the PCPAQ pr ovides a reliable and valid measure of perceived political considerati ons affecting the appraisal process.