A. Tziner, The relationship between distal and proximal factors and the use of political considerations in performance appraisal, J BUS PSYCH, 14(1), 1999, pp. 217-231
The present study examined the relationships between several distal and pro
ximal factors, and the extent to which raters invoke political consideratio
ns during the performance appraisal of subordinates in an organizational se
tting.
Based on the responses of 248 police officers, it was found that Self-Effic
acy as Raters and Continuance Commitment contribute uniquely to explaining
the variance in the Use of Political Considerations to distort performance
ratings, whereas Perceived Organizational Climate only correlated significa
ntly with the latter variable.
Implications of these findings are discussed and a replication with extende
d clusters of distal and proximal factors is suggested.