360 Degree Feedback as a Technique of Performance Appraisal: Does it Really Work?

Asian Business Review ● Volume 6 ● Number 1/2016 (Issue 13)

4 Pages Posted: 12 Mar 2016

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Sajjad Hosain

Sichuan University - Business School

Date Written: February 14, 2016

Abstract

The overall performance of a firm is mostly dependent on the individual and group performance of the organization. Performance appraisal is a continuous process of monitoring, managing and correcting the individual performance of entire workforce. 360 degree feedback is considered as one of the yardsticks of performance appraisal process which reduces and changes the traditional supervisor based appraisal method. This qualitative study has been carried out to discover whether 360 degree feedback is effective as the part of overall performance appraisal process highlighting results from previously conducted researches and also, made an attempt to deliver some recommendations about how to use it more efficiently. Results from the previous studies revealed that 360 degree feedback is an effective method for appraising employee performance despite of having a few drawbacks and can be more useful if integrated with some traditional methods.

Keywords: 360 Degree Feedback, Performance, Performance Appraisal, Employee, Firm, Evaluation, Employee Development

JEL Classification: L2

Suggested Citation

Hosain, Sajjad, 360 Degree Feedback as a Technique of Performance Appraisal: Does it Really Work? (February 14, 2016). Asian Business Review ● Volume 6 ● Number 1/2016 (Issue 13), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2745827

Sajjad Hosain (Contact Author)

Sichuan University - Business School ( email )

China
13258313858 (Phone)

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